SEOUL/PINGDU, China --- Millions of dollars in sales of North Korean false eyelashes - marketed in beauty stores around the world as "made in China" - helped drive a recovery in the secretive state's exports last year. The processing and packaging of North Korean false eyelashes - openly conducted in neighbouring China, the country's largest trading partner - gives Kim Jong Un's regime a way to skirt international sanctions, providing a vital source of foreign currency. READ:North Korea's Kim vows to boost cooperation with China to 'new high' Reuters spoke to 20 people - including 15 in the eyelash industry, as well as trade lawyers and experts on North Korea...Keep on reading: How North Korean eyelashes make their way to West as ‘made in China’