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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a former Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News Russia says it exported 1,300 tons of wheat flour to North Korea in MayMoscow has released regular updates on grain shipments this year, despite formerly suspending publication of trade data
Russia sent over a thousand tons of wheat flour to North Korea in May, according to the Russian government, the latest in a series of publicized grain shipments since earlier this year. In a press release uploaded last Tuesday, Russia’s federal veterinary customs agency stated that the Siberian region of Kuzbass exported 1,276 tons of wheat flour to the DPRK out of a total of 17,970 tons of grain sent to eight Asian and Eastern European countries. Statements by the veterinary agency currently offer some of the only available data points on North Korea-Russia trade, after Moscow announced in April © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |