{"id":65529,"date":"2018-08-05T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/05\/un-experts-north-korea-hasnt-stopped-nuke-and-missile-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:56:01","slug":"un-experts-north-korea-hasnt-stopped-nuke-and-missile-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/05\/un-experts-north-korea-hasnt-stopped-nuke-and-missile-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"UN experts: North Korea hasn\u2019t stopped nuke and missile programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 North Korea has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/21\/kim-leaves-china-as-south-korea-urges-concrete-plan-on-nukes\/\" target=_blank>not stopped its nuclear and missile programs<\/a> and is violating U.N. sanctions including by \u201ca massive increase in illicit ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products,\u201d U.N. experts said in a new report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A summary of the report by experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against North Korea, which was sent to the Security Council Friday night and obtained by The Associated Press, said North Korea is also violating sanctions by transferring coal at sea and flouting an arms embargo and financial sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel of experts said North Korea attempted to sell small arms and light weapons and other military equipment via foreign intermediaries, including Syrian arms traffickers in the case of Houthi Shiite rebels in Yemen as well as Libya and Sudan. The report also said North Korea has continued military cooperation with Syria, in breach of U.N. sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/22\/us-presses-china-and-russia-to-enforce-sanctions-on-north-korea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18201516621898.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US presses China and Russia to enforce sanctions on North Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United States on Friday welcomed the U.N. 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If loaded at around 90 percent, the U.S. said the tankers would have delivered nearly 1.4 million barrels of refined products to North Korea, almost triple the quota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experts said if the report is accurate, North Korea is violating sanctions and all countries &#8220;would have to immediately halt all such transfers&#8221; to North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for U.N. financial sanctions, the report said they are among the most poorly implemented and evaded measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experts said individuals empowered to act for North Korean financial institutions operate in at least five countries, which weren&#8217;t named, &#8220;with seeming impunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said accounts closed in the European Union to comply with sanctions were transferred to accounts at financial institutions in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea is also using overseas companies and individuals to obscure income-generating activities for the government, the panel said. 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