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South Korea Arrests Oil Broker for Illegal Diesel Shipments to North Korea

South Korea arrested an oil broker who allegedly organized the shipment of 18,000 tonnes of diesel to North Korea without receiving the proper approval, the South Korean coast guard announced, according to an unofficial translation. The diesel was shipped 35…

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times from October 2021 to January 2022. A Russian oil tanker run by a South Korean supplier carried out ship-to-ship transfers with a Chinese vessel in the South China Sea. This vessel then made its own ship-to-ship transfers with a North Korean vessel, the coast guard said.