Jonathan McCormack of VOA reports from Washington.

(VOA) reported that South Korea was also used in the washing process of the country of origin, which is subject to UN Security Council sanctions, followed by citations and of government criticism.

On the 17th, VOA English officially confirmed that North Korean coal had been transhipped to South Korea, and that "the process of washing North Korean coal, which is subject to the sanctions of the Security Council of the UN,

VOA reported that a special panel of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee 1718, on June 27, submitted a revised final report on the implementation of the UN Security Council. Resolution 2345,

The report before the amendment lists cases of North Korean coal shipments in North Korea, which are elements for the UN sanctions.Included here is the unloading coal suspected of being from North Korea to Incheon and Pohang in October last year.

VOA said that "the Angel of Heaven of the Panamanian ship loaded with coal and Glory Rich" of the Sierra Leone expedition loaded coal at the port of Kholmsk on the island of Sak haline, In the report released earlier this year, the panel said Incheon and Pohang were the final destinations of North Korea's coal, but it revised the revised version as a "transit point." It is possible that North Korean coal moved to Incheon and Pohang.

VOA said: "We asked the group of experts if the amendment was due to an error at the time of the initial report or to a request from a specific country like Korea." In response to the Security Council resolution banning the sale and transportation of North Korean coal,

If VOA reports that North Korea's coal has been exported to other countries across Korea from South, it is likely that the South Korean government is looking at the UN Security Council for violation of sanctions.

The Liberal Democratic Party (DPRK) said: "North Korea's nuclear program is not a nuclear weapon, but a nuclear weapon." If South Korea, which is a top priority , does not respect UN sanctions on North Korea, how can this attract other countries? "" If Korea had secretly helped North Korea, which had threatened the international community with its development of nuclear weapons and its missile tests, it would not be as important as the document, "said the future party."

However, the VOA reports seem to interpret or misinterpret the report of the panel of experts. The revised report based on the VOA only added dark color to the original contents of Incheon and Pohang.

To summarize the report, the North Korean ship unloaded coal at the port of Kholmsk, Russia, and a ship from a third country transhipped it and unloaded it. 39, Incheon and Pohang. & # 39 ;, And the badignee is the port of Kholmsk. The country that is accused of washing the origin of North Korean coal is Russia, not South Korea. In fact, all the coal in question has been unloaded in Korea and has not been exported to third countries.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, coal suspected to be a North Korean mountain would have been imported from Russia and reportedly unloaded from Incheon and Pohang. An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on April 17: "Before receiving information on the two cases unloaded in Pohang and Incheon, the import declaration and the report were received and the ship unloaded at the same time as vessel."

According to the official, there is no conclusion as to whether the discharged coal was or was not from North Korea, and the KCS is the investigation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that when the vessels were moored, they shared suspicious information about North Korean coal with the relevant authorities and the customs department began investigating the search for ships. He also shares his findings with the UN Security Council. If the coal is North Korean, the importer will be charged with illegal import under the Customs Act.

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