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Despite UN Sanctions, North Koreans at Work in Senegal

Ham Ji-ha

   DAKAR, SENEGAL - North Korea has quietly reopened a construction firm
   in Senegal in an apparent violation of United Nations sanctions
   targeting Pyongyang's nuclear programs, VOA Korean has confirmed.

   At least 31 North Koreans are working at the firm, Corman Construction
   & Commerce Senegal Sural (CCCSSS), according to interviews and official
   documents reviewed by VOA Korean.

   Under a series of sweeping sanctions enacted two years ago, the U.N.
   prohibited member states from conducting most business activities with
   North Korea. The sanctions also prohibited member states from allowing
   in new North Korean workers and required any North Korean workers in
   place be expelled by the end of 2019.

   Senegal told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in January 2018
   that it had responded to the most recent sanctions by shutting down the
   North Korean company, Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies
   (MOP).

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