S. Korea's spy agency reports N. Korea coal imports to presidential national security office last year
- 6 years ago
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We're learning that Seoul's top intel agency reported the cases on imports of North Korean coal... to the presidential security office last October.
A recent probe revealed that three local firms imported the regime's products from Russia -- an apparent violation of UN resolutions and sanctions -- raising questions whether South Korea was implementing the punitive measures on Pyongyang.
The chief of the National Intelligence Service informed a parliamentary panel regarding the matter today,... and lawmakers quoted him as saying he brought up the issue, though not directly to the president.
On the planned opening of an inter-Korean liaison office in the border city of Kaesong,... the agency's head said he doesn't see it as a violation of UN sanctions,...adding that its purpose is to step up communication between the two sides.
We're learning that Seoul's top intel agency reported the cases on imports of North Korean coal... to the presidential security office last October.
A recent probe revealed that three local firms imported the regime's products from Russia -- an apparent violation of UN resolutions and sanctions -- raising questions whether South Korea was implementing the punitive measures on Pyongyang.
The chief of the National Intelligence Service informed a parliamentary panel regarding the matter today,... and lawmakers quoted him as saying he brought up the issue, though not directly to the president.
On the planned opening of an inter-Korean liaison office in the border city of Kaesong,... the agency's head said he doesn't see it as a violation of UN sanctions,...adding that its purpose is to step up communication between the two sides.