| Description |
1 online resource (57 pages) : illustrations, maps, color photographs |
| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Methodology. -- Introduction. -- Part I: The baseline dataset. -- MV Light: a sample case study. -- Trend analysis: shipping fleet. -- Trend analysis: the front companies. -- Trend analysis: nominee incorporation services. -- Part II: Network investigation. -- Trading empires. -- $500 million in trade. -- U.S. nexus. -- Dealings with foreign sanctioned entities. -- Dealing with DPRK sanctioned entities. -- Proliferation concerns. -- Cyber architecture. -- Natural resource shipping fleet. -- The Cambodian ship registry. -- Conclusion. -- Endnotes |
| Summary |
North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missiles are the greatest obstacle to the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. Understanding and analyzing the supply chains that enable these programs is a prerequisite to disrupting North Korea's illicit networks and formulating smart policies that reduce the threat level. Leveraging C4ADS' analytical methodologies, this report reveals that the regime's illicit weapon programs depend on sophisticated overseas networks for the procurement and financing of key components of their weapons programs. It identifies points of vulnerability that are ripe for targeted disruption of the DPRK's secretive overseas networks. DPRK's overseas networks are a lifeline for the Kim regime, but they also represent a key point of vulnerability. Unlike entities located inside North Korea, DPRK overseas networks are relatively unprotected, and are vulnerable to international financial and regulatory pressure. UN Resolution 2270 attempts to capitalize on this vulnerability. The sanctions mandate has expanded significantly to include mandatory inspection of all foreign-bound DPRK cargo, as well as so-called "secondary sanctions" that can deny access to the U.S. financial system to any third parties that continue to deal with DPRK sanctioned entities. Implementation of these mandates is now required |
| Notes |
This report is the product of a six-month long collaboration between the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) and the Asan Institute for Policy Studies to identify nancial vulnerabilities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) by using cutting edge data mining methodology and network-centric analysis |
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"August 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-57) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (viewed October 4, 2016) |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Korea (North) -- Finance
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Nuclear weapons -- Finance.
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| SUBJECT |
Korea (North) -- Commerce -- China -- Evaluation
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Korea (North) -- Commerce -- Evaluation
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China -- Commerce -- Evaluation
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| Subject |
China.
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Korea (North)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Asan Chŏngch'aek Yŏn'guwŏn, publisher
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C4ADS
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| ISBN |
9791155701775 |
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