彼らはどのように貿易しているか

BBC How does North Korea do business under sanctions? 29 Dec 2017

「State media reported on a successful event that saw businesses from Syria, China, Cuba, Iran, Italy, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan attend」

　お、おう…。

「The UN has already frozen the asset of dozens of North Korean companies involved in foreign trade, partly because the regime takes a big cut of business done in the outside world. It includes the export of goods, but also its own people」

　輸出品目に「its own people」が入っているのが流石である（※褒めてない）。

「The most lucrative source of foreign currency might come from North Korean workers toiling in shipyard and construction sites in as many as 40 countries around the world.」

　なので、例えば極東有事が起こり、朝鮮戦争当時の如く日本の輸送業界が大忙しになり、かつ末端の労働者の質やなんかの管理がまず問題にならないほどになった場合、そういうところに難民や偽装難民や…を動員するいやげな商売がはびこり、社会もその共犯者になるなんてことがあるかもしれない。

　武器の輸出入については…「MIG-21 fighter jets were found on the Chong Chan Gang」なんてのは、最近また『エリア88』をみてた身としては「おおお」を目をみはる。

「Wooden crates containing the grenades were buried under 2,300 tonnes of limonite (iron ore), which is also banned under a UN resolution. The consignment was falsely labelled "assembly parts for underwater pumps"」

　…うーん…民間船の喫水線以下にぶちこめば、海水を取り込むといういみで比喩的に水中ポンプと文学的表現ができるかも。構成部品ということについては、射撃する人と射撃される船とがないと機能しないという意味で。ダメだな。


BBC Seized N Korean ship: Cuban weapons on board 17 July 2013

「The Cuban foreign ministry said the ship was carrying obsolete Soviet-era arms from Cuba for repair in North Korea」

　2013年段階のお話。

「It said the vessel was carrying 240 tonnes of obsolete defensive weapons - two anti-aircraft missile complexes, nine missiles in parts and spares, two MiG-21bis fighter planes and 15 MiG engines」

　有事があれば天空を駆けるMig-21を見ることが出来るのだな。リアル『エリア88』が見られるんだな。

「The Cuban statement said they were all made in the mid-20th Century and were to be repaired and returned to Cuba」

「Mr Martinelli said the 35-strong crew had resisted the search and the captain had tried to kill himself」

　…気合がはいった船長だー…。

「According to the expert, the ship has been suspected of carrying narcotics in the past, which would have made it a prime target for a search」

　この種の任務の主力だったわけだ。まあ、なので船を特定して国際港への寄航を禁止したりもするというわけだ（「北朝鮮問題：海上での石油移転、取締りの報道（2017-12-30）」）。