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U.N. reports Japanese-made radars adapted on N. Korean naval vessels

U.N. reports Japanese-made radars adapted on N. Korean naval vessels

Posted February. 13, 2016 07:32,   

Updated February. 13, 2016 08:02

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Japan's Kyodo News reported Friday that North Korea used reconfigured Japanese-made civilian radar systems on its naval ships. The information is included in a document to be submitted by a United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) North Korea sanctions committee to the UNSC later this month.

According to the document, an article published by the North's party daily Rodong Sinmun in February on leader Kim Jong Un's inspection of a missile test launch carried a photograph showing commercial antennas developed by Japanese private companies adapted on the North's naval vessels. The report also confirmed that Japanese-made cameras and remote-controller receivers were used on North Korean drones. The report said that the North was exporting its ballistic missile technology to the Middle East and its munitions supplies to Africa. In addition, the paper proposed that the international community ban drone exports to North Korea and that four North Korean individuals and three organizations be added on the UNSC sanctions list.

Meanwhile, U.S. Congressional bill on North Korea sanctions won approval by the House of Representatives and is likely to take effect before the end of this month at the earliest after President Barack Obama signs it. Once the strongest North Korea sanctions in the U.S. history take effect, Washington's independent sanctions on Pyongyang will be implemented in earnest.

The bill includes a "secondary boycott," which calls for sanctioning corporations or individuals in a third country doing business with the North regarding Pyongyang's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, human rights abuses and cyber hacking.



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