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UN experts accuse North Korea of illegally exporting goods to Sri Lanka.

UN experts accuse North Korea of illegally exporting goods to SL

Source: AAP

North Korea illegally exported coal, iron and other commodities worth at least $270 million to China and other countries including India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka in the six-month period ending in early August in violation of U.N. sanctions, U.N. experts say.

The experts monitoring sanctions said in a report released Saturday that Kim Jong Un’s government continues to flout sanctions on commodities as well as an arms embargo and restrictions on shipping and financial activities.


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By Madhura Seneviratne




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