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Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne was the Data and Analytic Director at NK News. Follow him on twitter @LeoPByrne
One month after Washington unveiled new sanctions targeting the DPRK's shipping industry, vessels belonging to one of the newly-designated companies were still visiting South Korea, the NK Pro ship tracker shows.
The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added a Hong Kong-based company called Liberty Shipping to its blacklist on February 23, along with an advisory warning countries about the DPRK's deceptive maritime practices.