China Breaks International Sanctions and Provides $56 Million in Aid to North Korea

You can always count on the Chinese to bust international sanctions:

China has provided rice and fertilizer to North Korea, Chinese data showed Sunday, amid U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against the North that prohibit any large-scale economic assistance.

According to data from China’s customs office, Beijing provided 1,000 tons of rice, worth about US$1 million, to the impoverished North between May and October of 2018.
The data showed Beijing also provided 162,000 tons of fertilizer, worth more than $55 million, to the North.

The shipments of what appears to have been free assistance followed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to China in March 2018, when he held his first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but China is providing this free aid to a country that purchased $640 million in luxury goods from them.