SINGAPORE, Dec 13 A former employee of Japanese beverage company Pokka was sentenced to five weeks’ jail yesterday after he admitted to illegally exporting close to S$1.3.
Liquor exports from China to North Korea roared back in the third quarter after coronavirus controls were lifted by Pyongyang, with most of the goods likely to end up on the tables of the country’s elite.
North Korea’s trade with China totalled US$318 million in 2021, down by 41 per cent from the previous year and by 90 per cent from levels before the coronavirus.