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30 Mar 2024

Russia Vetoes UN Resolution On North Korea Sanctions Amid Ukraine War

Historically, Russia has supported international sanctions and UN investigations into North Korea's illegal weapons programme.

07 Oct 2022

US sanctions Asian firms over North Korean fuel shipments

In the midst of increasingly aggressive North Korean missile launches this week, the U.S. has imposed sanctions on people and firms in Asia accused of helping North Korea procure fuel in violation of U.N. sanctions.

03 Feb 2018

North Korea earned $200 mn from banned exports, sends arms to Syria, Myanmar: UN report

The 15-member council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke funding for Pyongyang`s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

03 Feb 2018

N. Korea flouts sanctions, earning $200 mln from banned exports: UN

North Korea is flouting UN sanctions by exporting coal, iron, steel and other commodities banned under UN sanctions, earning nearly $200 million in revenue last year, a UN report said Friday.

26 Jan 2018

Kremlin denies Russia violates sanctions on North Korea

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, asked about allegations that Russia is re-exporting North Korean coal, said on Friday that Russia abides by norms of international law.

26 Jan 2018

Despite sanctions, North Korea exported coal to South Korea and Japan via Russia: Sources

North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year which was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of UN sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said.

24 Dec 2017

North Korea calls latest UN sanctions 'an act of war'

The resolution was drafted by the United States and negotiated with the North's closest ally, China.

08 Aug 2017

China vows to enforce UN curbs on North Korea as Donald Trump praises cohesion

The United States did not seek regime change, the collapse of the regime, an accelerated reunification of the peninsula or an excuse to send the US military into North Korea.

04 Jun 2017

North Korea slams 'mean' targeted UN sanctions

The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution imposing new targeted sanctions.

18 Apr 2017

US, Japan agree China should play larger role on North Korea

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Tuesday that the two countries need to persuade China to play a larger role in dealing with North Korea, a Japanese government spokesman said.

14 Apr 2017

China warns against force as North Korea prepares celebration

Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for Chinese protection.

24 Feb 2017

North Korea steps up sanctions-busting: UN report

The report confirmed that N Korea's two N-tests and 26 missile launches last year allowed it to reach technological milestones in WMD capability.

23 Dec 2016

China tells companies to abide by UN North Korea sanctions

The UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea last month aimed at cutting its annual export revenue by a quarter.

18 Nov 2016

US seeks sanctions against South Sudan rebel leader, army chief

The United States on Friday proposed that South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar as well as the army chief and information minister face UN sanctions for their role in fueling violence in the war-torn country.

01 Apr 2016

North Korea: UN sanctions on shipping 'inexcusable'

Searches of North Korean ships under new UN sanctions that were imposed in response to Pyongyang's latest nuclear test are inexcusable and North Korea won't tolerate them, a North Korean maritime official said in an interview with Associated Press Television News.

21 Mar 2016

N Korea defies warnings from US, fires short-range missiles into sea: Report

North Korea on Monday fired several short-range rockets or missiles into the sea off its east coast, just days after test-firing two medium-range missiles in defiance of UN sanctions.

15 Mar 2016

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un says nuclear warhead re-entry test a success

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un today said the country has successfully lab-tested a nuclear warhead re-entry, as he ordered upcoming warhead detonation and ballistic missile tests, just weeks after being slapped with tough, new UN sanctions.

14 Mar 2016

Russia opposes UN sanctions on Iran over missile tests

Russia on Monday opposed slapping sanctions on Iran over recent ballistic missile tests that Moscow`s UN envoy said did not violate a UN resolution adopted after the landmark nuclear deal.

28 Feb 2016

Our missile can turn enemy tanks 'into boiled pumpkin', says North Korea's Kim Jong-Un

North Korean leader Kim has claimed that the portable, laser-guided rocket has the “longest firing range in the world” and it is “as accurate as a sniper's rifle”.

08 Feb 2016

UN sanctions on North Korea failing, 10 years on: UN experts

A raft of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea over the past decade has failed to prevent Pyongyang from scaling up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, a UN panel of experts has concluded.

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