North Korean trade with China saw an uptick in August on the back of growing exports, official data showed, with likely sanctioned leisure goods, human hair, wigs and fabrics dominating the bilateral exchange.

China-North Korea trade rose to about $238 million in August, up roughly 3.7% from July’s $229.4 million, according to data released by China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) over the weekend. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if