| | | | | | | World News Alert | Sat., Feb. 18, 2017 8:51 a.m. |
| | | | | Coal is North Korea's largest export, and China just announced it won't buy any for the rest of 2017 | | China's Ministry of Commerce announced the ban without giving a reason, but China is thought to be deeply frustrated with North Korea over its recent missile test and the assassination of Kim Jong Un’s half brother in Malaysia. Although China announced last April that it would ban North Korea coal imports to comply with U.N. sanctions, it made exceptions for deliveries intended for the “people’s well-being” and not connected to the country’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, in practice, imports continued to rise last year. | | Read more » |
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