RASON, North Korea: A three-meter-high metal fence topped with razor wire in a North Korean port marks the front line of the United Nations’ ban on coal exports by Pyongyang.

A mountain of North Korean coal—which would once have been bound for China—is piled up on one side of the barrier in Rajin harbor, stranded by the interdiction.

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