Sanctions North Korea

• Pompeo accuses North Korea, Russia of continuing to violate U.N. sanctions

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused North Korea and countries including Russia of continuing to violate U.N. sanctions aimed at pressing Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arsenal.

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  Aug 4, 2018
  
• UN considering harsher new sanctions against North Korea

  A draft United Nations resolution could ban up to 90 per cent of refined petroleum exports to North Korea.

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  Dec 21, 2017
  
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• U.S. says North Korea at a ‘dead end,’ negotiations not an option

  The U.S. said North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons has come to a "dead end" and unless the hermit kingdom starts to denuclearise, negotiations are off the table.

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  Dec 19, 2017
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• Sanctions blocking cancer medication, wheelchairs from North Korea: UN rapporteur

  International sanctions against North Korea are harming ordinary civilians, according to the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea.

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  Oct 26, 2017
• North Korea has nuclear warhead small enough for ICBMs: report

  North Korea is said to have completed the manufacturing of a nuclear warhead that’s small enough to fit inside its missiles, pushing the secretive state closer to a nuclear power.

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  Aug 8, 2017
• The ball is now in North Korea’s court, U.S. ambassador to UN says

  On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted 15-0 to impose new sanctions on North Korea over its recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests.

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  Aug 8, 2017
• North Korea ready to teach U.S. a ‘severe lesson’ if it takes military action

  It said its intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July proved that the entire United States was in its firing range.

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  Aug 7, 2017