Daily Mail: Old Kim Coal: US officials release satellite photographs which 'show China flouting sanctions by docking in North Korea and loading up on fuel'
* Six Chinese cargo ships found to be exporting North Korean coal
* Satellite images show ships docked in North Korea, U.S officials claim
* The ships allegedly then sold the black market coal to Russia and Vietnam
* U.S. officials have reported ships as violating UN sanctions against North Korea
Chinese companies have been violating UN sanctions against trading with North Korea, according to U.S. officials.
Cargo ships have been photographed docking in North Korean ports to take on coal, which has then been brought to Vietnam and Russia or unloaded onto other ships mid-sea, the Wall Street Journal reports.
All cargo ships, six in total, are all either Chinese-owned or operated, and were tracked by the U.S. using satellite technology.
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