WASHINGTON:US announced new economic sanctions on North Korea after launched a series of ballistic missiles he called “unprecedented in their pace, scale and scope.”
In a statement,US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this year alone, North Korea has launched 41 ballistic missiles, six of them intercontinental ballistic missiles.
North Korea has conducted six ballistic missile tests in the last 12 days, with the latest being Thursday, when two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) were launched as diplomats at the UN Security Council were locked in debate over how to respond to the launch of another missile over Japan two days earlier.
In a statement Friday, Blinken said this year alone, North Korea – or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), has launched 41 ballistic missiles, six of them intercontinental ballistic missiles.
In response, he announced the United States is imposing sanctions on “two individuals and three entities for activities related to the exportation of petroleum to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which directly support the development of DPRK weapons programs and its military.”
