North Korea-Made Weapons Are Being Traded In The Middle East Despite Heavy U.S. And U.N. Sanctions

Photo: Visitors walk past replicas of a North Korean Scud-B missile (R) and South Korean Hawk surface-to-air missiles (L) at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul. (Jung Yeon-Je, AFP)

UPI: Report: North Korea supplying missiles to Yemen rebels

North Korea-made weapons are being traded in the Middle East despite heavy U.S. and U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang.

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- South Korea intelligence said scud missiles launched from Yemen into Saudi Arabia in June were of North Korean origin.

The missiles identified in the attacks against Saudi Arabia were the same as the Scud-C, or Hwasong-6 missiles featured in past North Korea military parades, South Korean television network SBS reported.

North Korea also has been linked to the Islamic State as a weapons supplier, South Korea press reported.

WNU Editor: The New York Times has a good examination on the North Korean missile business in the Middle East .... Untangling a North Korean Missile Business (NYT).