This South Korean Man Has Supplied Fuel To North Korea In The Ocean 35 times

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JAKARTA - The South Korean Coast Guard has just arrested a man on charges of illegally supplying fuel to North Korea via Chinese ships.

The man who works as an oil dealer in his 50s is accused of supplying 19,000 tons of diesel to North Korea. And just so you know, it was carried out 35 times from October 2021 to January 2022 without government approval.

Two of his accomplices, who worked for a domestic oil supplier, were detained without detention, said the West Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Mokpo, 410 kilometers south of Seoul.

It is the first time a ship-to-ship fuel transfer to North Korea involving South Korean and Chinese vessels has been prosecuted, authorities said.

The suspects used the company's oil tanker for transactions worth 18 billion won (US$14.65 million).

The tanker transported fuel to a Chinese ship in the South China Sea and the Chinese ship then delivered cargo to the North Korean ship, Coast Guard investigators said.