LONDON/MOSCOW – Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state.
Reuters: Sources say Russian tankers fuelled North Korea via transfers at sea
This picture taken on Dec. 11, and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Dec. 12, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) attending the eighth military industry conference at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang.