An article by
the Wall Street Journal describes the cooperation between a Chinese
and a North Korean company: Limac Corp. and Ryonbong General Corp.
The article declares:
the Wall Street Journal describes the cooperation between a Chinese
and a North Korean company: Limac Corp. and Ryonbong General Corp.
The article declares:
„For most of the
past decade, a Chinese state-owned company had a joint venture with a
North Korean company under sanctions for involvement in Pyongyang’s
atomic-weapons program, Chinese corporate and government records
show.“
past decade, a Chinese state-owned company had a joint venture with a
North Korean company under sanctions for involvement in Pyongyang’s
atomic-weapons program, Chinese corporate and government records
show.“
In my opinion: This
is nothing new!
is nothing new!
The article further
says:
says:
„The partnership
of nearly a decade, not previously reported, shows how easily North
Korea has skirted sanctions to do business with Chinese firms, a
vital lifeline for the regime … The Ryonbong-Limac link was
identified by Sayari Analytics, a financial-intelligence firm that
works for banking and U.S. government clients and didn’t publicize
its findings.“
of nearly a decade, not previously reported, shows how easily North
Korea has skirted sanctions to do business with Chinese firms, a
vital lifeline for the regime … The Ryonbong-Limac link was
identified by Sayari Analytics, a financial-intelligence firm that
works for banking and U.S. government clients and didn’t publicize
its findings.“
Hm….As far as I
understand: This is wrong!
understand: This is wrong!
A little research in
my files shows me, that this described cooperation was of course
already reported by the former Open Source Center – today: OpenSource Enterprise – which produced a lot of very good
and useful reports for US Govenment.
my files shows me, that this described cooperation was of course
already reported by the former Open Source Center – today: OpenSource Enterprise – which produced a lot of very good
and useful reports for US Govenment.
The OSC Report is
– as one can see – from 2012. On p. 14 I find this:
– as one can see – from 2012. On p. 14 I find this:
It means that the
cooperation between both actors is of course known at least since
2012!
cooperation between both actors is of course known at least since
2012!
