International sanctions on coal exports and fuel imports are causing immense difficulties for North Koreans in the country’s coal and fishing industries, Daily NK sources recently reported.
North Korea’s fishermen are also facing dangerous situations partially due to the impact of international sanctions.
There are frequent accidents involving fishing boats in the Hanchon region of Pyongwon. They go out to sea and their engines breakdown, a source based in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK.
Fishermen are no longer able to acquire diesel fuel from the state because of international sanctions and North Korea’s economic downturn. They instead have turned to private diesel fuel merchants or have bought fuel from Chinese vessels. The fuel is low quality, but they just have to make due with what they get, Daily NK sources said.
The use of such low quality fuel overheats boat engines and causes frequent engine failures. At their worst, these failures lead to extremely dangerous situations where the lives of the fishermen are at risk.
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