{"id":42552,"date":"2019-10-23T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=42552"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:57:28","slug":"north-koreas-military-sells-coal-to-pay-for-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-military-sells-coal-to-pay-for-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea&#8217;s military sells coal to pay for uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea may use a portion of the foreign currency earned through smuggling coal overseas on uniforms for its military, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTrucks loaded with North Korean coal continue to speed off to Nampo Port,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK on Tuesday. \u201c[North Korea] is forbidden from exporting coal [because of international sanctions], but at the moment they are exporting it illegally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe coal is on its way to China,\u201d the source continued, adding, \u201cThe party authorized coal exports to pay for Korean People&#8217;s Army (KPA) uniforms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the sale of coal is for KPA uniforms, it is highly likely that the coal enterprises under the control of the military were involved in the coal smuggling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The KPA controls and manages coal mines and earns enormous sums of foreign currency through its role in the export of coal, iron ore, copper, nickel, and zinc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The KPA\u2019s income from foreign currency reportedly dropped dramatically following the passing of <a href=\"http:\/\/unscr.com\/en\/resolutions\/2371\">United Nations Security Council Resolution 2371<\/a> in 2017, and the subsequent ban of all coal exports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is unclear whether the military will actually use the foreign currency earned through illegal coal exports to provide its soldiers with uniforms. Nonetheless, it appears the funds will nonetheless go towards funding the military in some way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe claim that they will use the foreign currency earned from illegal coal exports on uniforms for the KPA is likely just a pretext to use the money for something else,\u201d according to a North Korean defector interviewed by Daily NK. \u201cThe military has been unable to earn foreign currency because of the sanctions against North Korea, so beyond uniforms, they have a lot of other expenses related to maintaining the organization.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-coal-smuggling-continues-full-speed-ahead\/\">recently reported<\/a> that trucks loaded with North Korean coal continue to be seen heading towards Nampo Port, effectively the base for all coal exports. Daily NK sources have reported that cargo vessels have been departing Nampo Port and unloading their cargo at Huludao Port in China\u2019s Liaoning province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Songgari region in Kangdong County produces a lot of high-calorie coal, and there are countless numbers of trucks coming out of that region daily,\u201d said the Pyongyang-based source. \u201cWith coal exports resuming after a hiatus, the areas by the mines have gotten busy again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@gmail.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea may use a portion of the foreign currency earned through smuggling coal overseas on uniforms for its military, Daily NK has learned. \u201cTrucks loaded with North Korean coal continue to speed off to Nampo Port,\u201d a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK on Tuesday. \u201c[North Korea] is forbidden from exporting coal [because of international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":42553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,646],"tags":[691,3238],"class_list":["post-42552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-military","tag-military","tag-north-korea-foreign-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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