Statue export ban hits at North Korea’s soft power

North Korea’s statues appear to have caught the attention of the United Nations Security Council. In one of the odder items on the list of things North Korea can’t export under U.N. sanctions, statues were explicitly listed for the first time last month when the Security Council approved a raft of punishments in response to Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test, which it conducted in September. READ MORE

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Extra 2717 – Statue export ban hits at North Korea’s soft power

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