The US Treasury Department has gone even further than the UN, sanctioning 59 vessels for their dealings with North Korea. The hope is to eventually get the hermit nation’s leader, Kim Jong Un, to relinquish his nuclear arsenal in exchange for sanctions relief. The sanctions dovetail with US President Donald Trump’s plan to quash North Korea’s nuclear march by putting together a global coalition dedicated to cutting off North Korea’s cashflow. “Once you’re in a situation like you are in now, when there’s virtually no exports allowed, then you get a chance to really interdict virtually everything.” “Shipping is the area that is in the most trouble now given the squeeze by the sanctions,” said George Lopez, a former member of the UN Panel of Experts on North Korea who now teaches at the University of Notre Dame. He said the international community needs to take additional measures against the country, “including the right to interdict maritime traffic transporting goods to and from the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea).” US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson renewed the call after North Korea tested a long-range ballistic missile in late November. George Lopez, former UN Panel of Experts on North Korea member “Shipping is the area that is in the most trouble now given the squeeze by the sanctions.” The UN has recently passed resolutions blocking North Korea’s ability to export goods like coal and metal ores – big moneymakers for Pyongyang, that help fund everything from the lavish lifestyles of North Korea’s elite to its rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programs. Panamanian authorities detained the Chon Chon Gang in 2013 after finding MiG fighter jets, anti-aircraft systems and explosives hidden under bags of sugar.
The Jie Shun, one of the four banned ships, was caught by Egyptian authorities smuggling thousands of North Korean rocket-propelled grenades in 2016. The Hao Fan 6 was one of four ships the UN slapped with global port bans.īut it’s not the first time North Korean ships have been sanctioned.
The Hao Fan 6 seen in South Korea in 2015.
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