{"id":18219,"date":"2024-05-24T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=18219"},"modified":"2024-05-24T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:05:59","slug":"japan-south-korea-sanction-north-korea-over-alleged-russia-arms-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/japan-south-korea-sanction-north-korea-over-alleged-russia-arms-supplies\/18219\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan, South Korea sanction North Korea over alleged Russia arms supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"font-claude-message pr-4 md:pr-9 relative overflow-x-auto leading-[1.65rem] [&_pre>div]:bg-bg-300 [&_pre]:-mr-4 md:[&_pre]:-mr-9\">\n<div class=\"grid grid-col-1 gap-2.5 [&_>_*]:min-w-0\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Japan and South Korea have rolled out new sanctions targeting entities and individuals linked to the alleged transfer of weapons and munitions from North Korea to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">The coordinated moves on Friday signal growing frustration in Tokyo and Seoul over Pyongyang\u2019s suspected role in supplying the Russian military despite longstanding U.N. prohibitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Japan said it was freezing the assets of 11 Russian organizations and one individual accused of involvement in receiving military assistance from North Korea to aid Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">According to Japan\u2019s Asahi Shimbun, the sanctions target nine Russian firms and an executive, as well as two Cyprus-based companies allegedly involved in transporting the North Korean munitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Not to be outdone, South Korea also announced its own new sanctions designations to stamp out North Korea\u2019s illegal weapons trade and block its revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Seoul did not publicly identify the targets but said \u201cCompanies, individuals, ships and strategic items suspected of being involved have been added to the sanctions list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">The allied efforts come days before the leaders of South Korea, Japan and China are set to meet in Seoul for a long-delayed trilateral summit focused on regional security and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Recent months have seen a flurry of fresh accusations that Pyongyang has begun supplying cheap munitions and rockets to Russian forces struggling with depleted stockpiles in Ukraine. Both Moscow and Pyongyang have officially denied the claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">However, U.S. officials estimate North Korea has already shipped millions of artillery shells, as well as longer-range ammunition across the Russian border for use against Ukrainian troops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Commercial satellite imagery has also detected North Korean weapons shipments being transferred to Russia\u2019s military via the Middle East and North Africa, according to some reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">With no letup in fighting across Ukraine, concerns are growing that Russia could leverage the North Korean pipeline to prolong the grinding conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Both Japan and South Korea had already imposed sweeping sanctions over North Korea\u2019s nuclear program and Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Friday\u2019s targeted penalties aim to disrupt the suspected illicit arms supply chain fueling Moscow\u2019s war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan said it was freezing the assets of 11 Russian organizations and one individual accused of involvement in receiving military assistance from North Korea to aid Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":18222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[175,268,11007,470,561,78,986,603,215],"class_list":["post-18219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia","category-russia","tag-china","tag-japan","tag-moscow4","tag-north-korea","tag-pyongyang","tag-russia","tag-seoul","tag-south-korea","tag-ukraine"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}