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North Korea–Taiwan relations are relations betweenNorth Korea andTaiwan. After thecommunist takeover of China in 1949 and the establishment of theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948, formal relations between the two are non-existent, however, unofficial relations are significant.[1] North Korea adheres to theone-China principle and considers Taiwan to be an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China.[2]
In 1949, thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) was proclaimed following theChinese Civil War and the Republic of China (ROC), whose government relocated to Taiwan.[3]
The United Nations condemned North Korea's military aggression against Republic of Korea inUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 82 andUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 84. The ROC voted in favor of bothUnited Nations resolutions.[citation needed] During theKorean War, the ROC was an opponent of the DPRK while it supplied material aid to ROK,[4][better source needed] while thePRC under Mao supported DPRK with thePeople's Volunteer Army.[5]
The ROC had opposedsocialism, as well as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and People's Republic of China (PRC). Due to its hostility, the ROC has not recognized or formed a diplomatic relationship with the DPRK and PRC governments. Because of this, the government of the ROC also considered the Republic of Korea government as the sole legitimate state in theKorean peninsula.[6]
Both countries were in the opposite sides in theVietnam War in which North Korea supported theNorth Vietnamese government while Nationalist China was allied with theSouth Vietnamese leadership.[citation needed]
Due to its status as a non-United Nations (UN) nation, Taiwan is not bound by UNsanctions against North Korea. However, the Taiwanese government has implemented a number of laws and regulations which mirror UN and US restrictions on trade with North Korea.[7]
It has been reported that North Korea offered to sell Taiwan submarine designs in 2016.[1] Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has denied the reports saying "In the development of our submarines there has never been, there is not now and will never be any contact with North Korea; assistance is all provided by important countries in Europe and the United States."[8]
North Korea kidnapped a Taiwanese woman namedShen Jing-yu from mainland Japan in 1987 and brought her to North Korea
Taiwanese PremierLai Ching-te approved a total ban on trade between the ROC and North Korea in September 2017.[9] Taiwanese businessmen have been accused of selling coal, oil and gas to North Korea, as well as importing North Korean textiles and employing North Koreans on Taiwanese fishing vessels.[9]
In 2018 United Nations (UN) investigators alleged that Taiwanese entities were engaged in transferring oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions.[10] In 2019 Taiwanese authorities indicted six people over ship-to-ship transfers of oil to North Korea.[11] In 2020 Taiwan reassured the United States that it was complying with UN sanctions against North Korea.[12]
International organizations as well as the UN member nations, such as Brazil, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Iceland, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, helped Korea with materials support.
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