North Korea evades sanctions with help from ships of many names

A case concerning two cargo vessels illustrates how North Korea keeps finding ways to dodge the increasingly tough international sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear arms program.
Photo: Bloomberg
Photo: Bloomberg
BY KAMBIZ FOROOHAR, BLOOMBERG

As Washington and Seoul try to maintain a unified front against North Korea, the case of two cargo ships shows how Kim Jong Un's regime keeps finding ways to evade increasingly tough international sanctions aimed at halting its nuclear weapons program.

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