SEOUL, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. analyst says trade in North Korean iron ore has continued despite the adoption of tougher United Nations Security Council sanctions in March.
Writing on 38 North, a Johns Hopkins University website dedicated to North Korea issues, Jeffrey Lewis of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey said a comparison of satellite imagery shows North Korea's "Musan Mine remains active and iron ore continues to be exported to China."