A Chinese oil rig which operated in North Korea’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) last year was not the first to do so, satellite imagery exclusively obtained by NK Pro reveals.

The high-resolution satellite photograph, taken in January 2015, shows another oil rig complete with a re-supply ship operating in the same area as its 2016 counterpart.

NK Pro has learned that last year’s visit from a Chinese oil platform may have been the third attempt to explore and drill for oil in North Korea’s EEZ, with two earlier attempts in 2013 and 2015.

The repeated visits indicate that China