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posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 20 2017, @08:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-going-to-sting dept.

China said on Saturday that it was suspending all imports of coal from North Korea as part of its effort to enact United Nations Security Council sanctions aimed at stopping the country's nuclear weapons and ballistic-missile program.

The ban takes effect on Sunday and will last until the end of the year, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said in a brief statement posted on its website on Saturday. Chinese trade and aid have long been a vital economic crutch for North Korea, and the decision strips North Korea of one of its most important sources of foreign currency.

Coal has accounted for 34 percent to 40 percent of North Korean exports in the past several years, and almost all of it was shipped to China, according to South Korean government estimates.

The ban comes six days after the North Korean test of a ballistic missile that the Security Council condemned as a violation of its resolutions that prohibited the country from developing and testing ballistic missile technology.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday February 20 2017, @11:50AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday February 20 2017, @11:50AM (#469238)

    Hmmm. The Chinese aren't stupid. If he declared war on China, I would postulate that Kim Jong Un would suddenly succumb to an untimely malady. Likely HIVOICE Syndrome.

    HIgh Velocity Ordnance Induced Cerebellum Excision Syndrome.

    Followed by a very fast installation of a more co-operative puppet.
    They certainly don't want a unified Korea, but if their dog misbehaves too much, he becomes it's bad for Chinese international interests. There will be a line he dares not cross lest they decide to put him down.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday February 20 2017, @11:54AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday February 20 2017, @11:54AM (#469239)

    Why do I not see the GLARING grammatical error until the moment of hit 'submit.'
    Then it is instantly visible for the 1/1000 of a second before the screen changes...

    (Takes a huge hit off of his hash-oil pen)

    Oh yeah, that's why.....

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 21 2017, @07:31AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 21 2017, @07:31AM (#469614)

      "Cerebellum" stood out for me. On a second reading I noticed "HIgh." Reading a few more times I noticed "he becomes." It's probably for the best that I'm not a proofreader.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @03:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @03:50PM (#469287)

    When I saw HIVOICE my first thought was eunuchs & castration. Then I read your expansion which was a bit of a let down.