U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ACCUSES CHINA OF FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS

Highlights

• The U.S. State Department said Washington would also offer rewards of nearly $5 million for information regarding sanctions evasions

• Deputy Assistant Secretary for North Korea Alex Wong said China had continued to host minimum 20,000 North Korean laborers in violation of UN bans

• Wong said “On none of these occasions did the Chinese authorities act to stop these illicit imports....