North Korea ‘STARVATION FEARS’ mount as China THROTTLES Kim Jong-un with UN sanctions
NORTH KOREA starvation fears have mounted after China throttled despot leader Kim Jong-un with sanctions imposed by the United Nations that have started to make things “very difficult”, it has been claimed.
By JOSEPH CAREY
Express.co.uk
Sat, Mar 3, 2018
Jin Qiangyi, from the Yanbian University in China, stated that if the Asian superpower continues to pile the pressure on the hermit kingdom, there “might be a crisis”.
He stated: “North Korea doesn’t let the outside world see, but things have started to become very difficult.
“If we push it harder, we should consider that there might be a crisis, and a lot of people could starve.”
China, long hailed as the North’s only ally and partner accounting for over 90 per cent of its trade, has started to clamp down on Kim Jong-un as international pressure from the UN to implement sanctions grows.
The Quanhe checkpoint that borders Xi Jinping’s superstate and the rogue regime used to be bustling with activity that helped Kim Jong-un finance his military ambitions.
However, China’s more aggressive stance has forced factories to close, prices to spike and power cuts to hit the hermit state more frequently.
A Chinese businessman operating at the checkpoint spoke of a drastic cut to jobs in the area.
He said: “There were more than a dozen garment factories like ours in Rason, and thousands of people in the seafood industry.
“Now, none of those people have jobs.”
Imports from the Asian superstate dropped by roughly 33 per cent last year – figures from December also showed a shocking 82 per cent decrease from the year prior.
Exports of oil products have almost completely collapsed since October – however many foreign officials claim that crude oil is not included in the figures.
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