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Asia Times: UN Report Reveals How North Korea Sources Missile Technology

North Korean ballistic missiles
North Korean ballistic missiles displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang / Getty Images
April 24, 2017

As the US ratchets up pressure on China to do more to help rein in North Korea, a UN report shows how Pyongyang uses technology smugglers and financial institutions to develop missiles and nuclear weapons. China figures prominently in the report.

UN members have imposed an array of trade sanctions on North Korea after it violated UN Security Council rulings to halt its testing of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.

However, an eight-member UN panel said North Korea is intensifying such tests and that UN member states are not doing enough to enforce the sanctions.

Read the entire article at Asia Times.

Published under: China , North Korea