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The U.S. Treasury Department slapped 3 corporations and two folks with recent sanctions on Wednesday for “illicitly generating revenue” for the North Korean govt.
Two of the corporations, Chilsong Trading Corporation and Paekho Trading Corporation, act as fronts for North Korean intelligence operatives and earn foreign currency echange for the regime.
The 3rd corporate, Congo Aconde SARL, has been energetic in building and statue-building tasks within the Democratic Republic of the Congo since a minimum of 2018. Hwang Kil Su and Pak Hwa Song, the founders of that corporate, have been each sanctioned.
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un attends a politburo assembly of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service by way of AP / AP Newsroom)
The newest spherical of sanctions come amid greater tensions between North Korea and U.S. allies within the area, together with South Korea and Japan.
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North Korea take a look at fired 4 strategic cruise missiles remaining week to show the “war posture of the DPRK nuclear combat force,” state media stated. The regime additionally introduced a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile remaining week.
FILE PHOTO: This photograph dispensed by way of the North Korean govt displays what it says a take a look at fireplace of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service by way of AP, File / AP Newsroom)
The Treasury Department cited the ones contemporary missile checks in Wednesday’s sanctions announcement.
“The DPRK’s unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs threaten international security and regional stability,” Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson stated in a observation. “The United States remains committed to targeting the regime’s global illicit networks that generate revenue for these destabilizing activities.”
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U.S. B-1B bombers have been escorted by way of South Korean fighter jets in joint army drills previous this month. Pentagon officers have been additionally joined by way of their South Korean opposite numbers in Washington, D.C., not too long ago for a Deterrence Strategy Committee Table-Top Exercise.
