Correction at 19:20 of 2020-02-27: The article previously said that the DPRK’s export of sand was not sanctioned, when it was in fact sanctioned via UNSC Resolution 2397 passed in late 2017.

Following the leak to media of a forthcoming UN report on North Korean sanctions enforcement and violations, China on Monday rejected accusations in the report that it helped Pyongyang evade sanctions in 2019 as “baseless.”

Reuters, CNN, and other outlets this week reported on leaked copies of the 2020 Panel of Experts (PoE) report under the UN Security Council (UNSC) committee on North Korean sanctions, set to be