North Korea–Taiwan relations

In 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) was proclaimed following the Chinese Civil War and the Republic of China (ROC), whose government relocated to Taiwan.{{cite book | editor-last=Li | editor-first=Xiaobing | title=China at War: An Encyclopedia | location=Santa Barbara | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-59884-415-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhPyvsdymU8C&pg=PA50 | page=50}}

The United Nations condemned North Korea's military aggression against Republic of Korea in United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 and United Nations Security Council Resolution 84. The ROC voted in favor of both United Nations resolutions.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} During the Korean War, the ROC was an opponent of the DPRK while it supplied material aid to ROK,{{cite web|url=http://eng.koreanwar60.go.kr/20/2003000000.asp|title=The 60th Anniversary of the Korean War: UN Allies|quote=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.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123080514/http://eng.koreanwar60.go.kr/20/2003000000.asp|archive-date=2012-01-23}}{{better source needed|date=July 2021}} while the PRC under Mao supported DPRK with the People's Volunteer Army.{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v14p1/d149|title = Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, China and Japan, Volume XIV, Part 1 - Office of the Historian}}

The ROC had opposed socialism, 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 the Korean peninsula.{{cite book|access-date=29 September 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3PhCgAAQBAJ&q=republic+of+china+south+korea+relations+sole+legitimate&pg=PA408|title=Handbook of the Politics of China|author=Goodman, David|date=2015| publisher=Edward Elgar |isbn = 9781782544371}} "Seoul recognized Taiwan as the sole legitimate government of China"

Both countries were in the opposite sides in the Vietnam War in which North Korea supported the North Vietnamese government while Nationalist China was allied with the South Vietnamese leadership.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Due to its status as a non-United Nations (UN) nation the ROC is not bound by UN sanctions 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.{{cite web |last1=Rich |first1=Timothy |last2=Dahmer |first2=Andi |title=Trading with the Hermit Kingdom: Taiwan and North Korea in Times of Sanctions |url=https://sentinel.tw/trading-hermit-kingdom-taiwan-nk/ |website=sentinel.tw |date=7 August 2017 |publisher=Taiwan Sentinel |access-date=26 April 2021}}

It has been reported that North Korea offered to sell Taiwan submarine designs in 2016.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Pamela |title=Taiwan and North Korea: Star-Crossed Business Partners |url=https://www.38north.org/2019/05/pkennedy051419/ |website=www.38north.org |date=14 May 2019 |publisher=38 North |access-date=26 April 2021}} 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."{{cite news |title=Taiwan says European countries helping with submarine project |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-says-european-countries-helping-with-submarine-project-idUSKBN2BQ00R |date=3 April 2021 |work=Reuters |access-date=26 April 2021}}

North Korea kidnapped a Taiwanese woman named Shen Jing-yu from mainland Japan in 1987 and brought her to North Korea

ROC Premier Lai Ching-te approved a total ban on trade between the ROC and North Korea in September 2017.{{cite news |newspaper=Financial Times |title=Taiwanese suspected of shipping coal from North Korea to Vietnam |url=https://www.ft.com/content/315503b0-0559-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5 |first=Edward |last=White |date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180130015923/https://www.ft.com/content/315503b0-0559-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5 |archive-date=30 January 2018}} 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.

In 2018 United Nations (UN) investigators alleged that Taiwanese entities were engaged in transferring oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions.{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Ralph |title=Taiwan investigators say ship transferred oil to North Korea in defiance of sanctions |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-taiwan-north-korea-oil-20180104-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=5 January 2018 |access-date=26 April 2021}}

In 2019 Taiwanese authorities indicted six people over ship-to-ship transfers of oil to North Korea.{{cite web |title=Taiwan indicts 6 over illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers to North Korea |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3775156 |website=www.taiwannews.com.tw |date=12 September 2019 |publisher=Taiwan News |access-date=26 April 2021}}

In 2020 Taiwan reassured the United States that it was complying with UN sanctions against North Korea.{{cite news |title=Taiwan tells U.S. it is complying with North Korea sanctions |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-taiwan-usa/taiwan-tells-u-s-it-is-complying-with-north-korea-sanctions-idUSKBN22V0F6 |work=Reuters |date=19 May 2020 |access-date=26 April 2021}}

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