The Korea Times:

International cooperation on sanctions against North Korea is showing signs of a rift as China has become reluctant to push the North harder as it protests the planned deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in South Korea, analysts said Monday.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has yet to issue any statement condemning Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missile tests and the North’s increased military exercises featuring fighters, submarines and other vehicles hint that it still receives a supply of jet fuel in violation of the U.N. sanctions.

Analysts believe that Beijing — one of five veto-wielding permanent members of the council — could be behind the situation in anger over Seoul’s THAAD plan, announced July 8.

China has long opposed the THAAD deployment on South Korean soil, claiming that its radar system could be used to penetrate Chinese territory.

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