March 29, 2024
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South Korea imported DPRK-made coal, iron worth USD$5.86 million in 2017: customs

Three South Korean companies reported to have been involved in illegal shipments, Seoul says

North Korean coal and pig iron worth USD$5.86 million was brought into the South in 2017, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) said on Friday, amid an increasingly deepening domestic scandal regarding the import of sanctioned DPRK-made commodities by South Korean companies last year.

Between April and October last year, the KCS reported in a statement carried by Yonhap, three South Korean groups imported KRW6.6 billion's worth of the sanctioned goods, representing a potentially major violation of United Nations resolutions.

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