Saturday, October 23, 2010

North Korea Survives With Chinese Help

Shaking on it . . . China's Premier Wen Jiabao with Kim Jong-Il. Photo: Reuters

North Korea Circumventing UN Sanctions With China's Help, U.S. Report Says -- Bloomberg

North Korea is circumventing United Nations sanctions by routing trade and financial transactions through China, a U.S. report said.

Flawed intelligence about North Korean actions and varying interpretations of UN sanctions also allow the isolated communist country to avoid the full weight of penalties meant to push it to reconsider its nuclear weapons program, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

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My Comment: This is old news. Everyone has always known that the North Korean leadership survive on the support of China. The real question that needs to be asked is ....what will it take for China to change its policy. For the moment .... no one is asking (publicly) that question.

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