Shaking regime against North Korea fluctuates. Pressure is more difficult to maintain. January 2 14:45
For North Korea to continue its nuclear and missile development, the United Nations Security Council has adopted sanctions resolutions to cut off its sources of funding and calls on countries to steadily implement them. However, it is even more difficult to maintain pressure on North Korea as China and Russia seek to ease their sanctions in tandem with North Korea's subtle sanctions.
The UN Security Council has since argued that North Korea would cut development funds every time it fired a nuclear test or a ballistic missile after 2006, including banning exports of North Korean coal and repatriating North Korean workers working overseas. Sanctions resolutions have been unanimously adopted.
However, China and Russia, which have strong ties with North Korea, filed with the Security Council last month a resolution calling for a suspension of restitution, citing serious consequences for people's lives, and began taking concrete actions to ease sanctions. Is.
In fact, it has been confirmed that North Korean workers remain in China and Russia even after the return deadline last month, and the two countries have violated sanctions and have tolerated North Korea's foreign currency earning. Has become.
It has also been confirmed that North Korean cargo vessels transship oil refined products and minerals on the high seas where petroleum products and minerals are restricted or prohibited by sanctions resolutions. "There are rampant sanctions violations."
The United States and the EU are in a position to maintain sanctions unless specific measures are taken to denuclearize North Korea, but China and Russia, which have close economic links, have strongly urged the government to ease sanctions. It is becoming more difficult to maintain pressure on North Korea, as voices are growing.