{"id":39257,"date":"2019-01-15T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T06:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=39257"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:00","slug":"musan-mine-iron-ore-smuggled-into-china-through-hoeryong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/musan-mine-iron-ore-smuggled-into-china-through-hoeryong\/","title":{"rendered":"Musan Mine iron ore smuggled into China through Hoeryong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38319\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744-100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744-696x487.png 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/\ubb34\uc0b0\uad11\uc0b0-\uc8fc\ubcc0-\ub9c8\uc744-600x420.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mound of collected iron filings sits near a water source in the area near the Musan Mine (yellow circle). Discarded rocks and soil sit off to the side (red circle). Image taken in the fall of 2017. Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musan Mine\u2019s production of iron ore had come close to a total standstill due to international sanctions, but following a slight uptick in late December of last year some of the iron ore is being smuggled into China, according to sources in North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe export of iron ore has been completely cut off due to American sanctions, but since November some of it is actually being smuggled across the border with China at night,\u201d a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After transporting the iron ore by truck from Musan to Hoeryong, North Korean traders send the iron ore concentrate from Jisang-ri to Longjing, according to a source close to North Korean affairs in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea has promised to strictly abide by international sanctions but appears to be secretly exporting a major restricted item to China. China, for its part, has promised to abide by international sanctions but has also pursued a relaxation in their implementation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China finished a railway connecting Helong and Nanping in 2013 that is for the exclusive transport of iron ore from Musan Mine, which\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at one time produced up to 80 million tons per year, according to the Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Ecology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cThe smuggling of iron ore concentrate can only occur when the state turns a blind eye to what\u2019s happening,\u201d added a separate source in North Hamgyong Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cState officials are likely finding any way they can to smuggling the iron ore concentrate out of the country because it brings in a lot of much needed money for state construction projects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Musan Mine\u2019s production of iron ore had come close to a total standstill due to international sanctions, but following a slight uptick in late December of last year some of the iron ore is being smuggled into China, according to sources in North Korea.\u00a0 \u201cThe export of iron ore has been completely cut off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":38319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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