US threatens to ‘utterly destroy’ North Korea regimeWashington had already sought an oil embargo after North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September, but faced resistance from China and Russia. Instead, the US settled for UN sanctions that limited exports of refined petroleum products to North Korea. So why is China so reluctant to completely cut off the steady flow of petroleum into North Korea’s fuel tanks? According to UN customs data, China sent 6,000 barrels a day of oil products to North Korea in 2016. Crude oil flows across the Yalu River from the Chinese city of Dandong to the Sinuiju oil depot in North Korea through the 30-kilometre (18-mile) “Sino-DPRK Friendship Oil Pipeline”.

Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2017 10:52 UTC