China Seizes Smuggled Metal Bound for North Korea Reuters

China Seizes Smuggled Metal Bound for North Korea
Reuters
Chinese border police have seized 70 kg (154 lb) of the strategic metal vanadium bound for North Korea, a local newspaper said on Tuesday, foiling an attempt to smuggle a material used to make missile parts.

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