Chinese middlemen launder the proceeds of North Korean hackers’ cyber heists while Chinese ships deliver sanctioned North Korean goods to Chinese ports. Chinese companies help North Koreans workers—from cheap laborers to well-paid IT specialists—find work abroad.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks around what it says is a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile on the launcher at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022.
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says are intercontinental ballistic missiles on display during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea’s army at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. A North Korean military officer, center, attends the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
But while Russia and a handful of other countries have been accused of helping North Korea evade sanctions, none has been as prolific as China, according to court records and international reports. Besides sanctions, US criminal prosecutions against individuals or entities assisting North Korea’s regime often have links to China.
North Korea depends heavily on China’s financial system and Chinese companies to obtain prohibited technology and goods, as well as to acquire US dollars and gain access to the global financial system, records show. China regularly ignores reams of satellite photos and vessel tracking data compiled by a UN panel of experts showing Chinese-flagged vessels docking with North Korean ships and transferring goods. North Korean ships are banned by UN sanctions from participating in ship-to-ship transfers, which are often done to obscure the flow of sanctioned goods like coal exports and oil imports.
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