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Disguised ships and front companies: how North Korea has evaded sanctions to grow a global weapons industry (theconversation.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Enforcement of United Nations sanctions against North Korea has actually been eroding for years. The final coup de grace came in March when Russia vetoed the renewal of a committee known as the Panel of Experts, which was tasked with monitoring and reporting on North Korean sanctions violations.

While UN sanctions are technically still in force, and the United States, European Union, Australia, Japan and other countries still abide by them, Russia and China do not.

With no enforcement oversight in place anymore, North Korea will now be able to ship its weapons and other black-market goods to its allies – most notably Russia, China, Iran and Syria – with less worry of repercussions.

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[–] violintech@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Am I off in saying it feels like sanctions have become the foreign affairs equivalent of virtue signaling? It feels like it solves nothing and is a way of doing nothing while looking as if they are doing the right thing.