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Trade between China and North Korea plummeted by 81% in 2020
Total official trade in 2020 fell significantly, but Chinese exports modestly rose at the end of the year
Cigarette paper sales to North Korea go up in smoke with $2.5 million in fines
An Indonesian firm was hit with two back-to-back fines for violating sanctions with cigarette papers
Indonesian company fined $1 million for selling cigarette papers to North Korea
U.S. Treasury fined the paper manufacturer for violating sanctions using 28 separate U.S. dollar wire transfers
Statues in Africa traced back to North Korean artists making money for regime
A new report suggests that two North Korean artists are using a front company to make the DPRK dollars
Pacemakers and prosthetics: Russia exports only medical ware to DPRK in November
Data suggests that value of Russian-DPRK trade has fallen to miniscule, record-breaking levels amid second lockdown
North Korean hacking group weaponized MS Word document in spear phishing attack
APT37 deployed malicious macros in a move that goes beyond a popular South Korean office suite, new report says
North Korean ships remain idle, with only one possible shipment in late December
Activity at east DPRK coast ports included a single voyage seen leaving China for Nampho on Dec. 25, 2020
China-DPRK trade was on the rise, but plunged in 2020 over COVID-19
North Korea leaned into unsustainable trade deficits with China, and then COVID-19 disrupted it all
Ships openly admit to buying illegal fishing permits from North Korea
Chinese and South Korean-flagged ships said they’re involved in potential sanctions-violating acts, new documents show
DPRK-China trade continues to sputter, making hydropower and soap stand out
New, official Chinese trade data shows that Pyongyang made at least $1 million from electricity exports for November
