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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Raphael Rashid in Seoul

South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law

Vehicle carrier cargo ships in Ulsan, South Korea.
Vehicle carrier cargo ships in Ulsan, South Korea. Seoul has said it is investigating transports of fuel to Russia, first revealed in the Guardian. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

South Korea will take legal action if it finds that shipments of fuel from its ports to Russia broke domestic law, the government has said, responding to a Guardian report on the trade.

The government, in a statement issued by the foreign and trade ministries and the customs service, said that it is “checking additional information concerning the loading cases reported by the Guardian” and “if the verification establishes that our laws and regulations have been violated, it plans to act in accordance with the law”.

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