North Korea Sanctions

Kim Jong Il, The Man With The Golden Nukes

Foreign Policy Roundtable | Posted 10.14.2009 | World


Foreign Policy Roundtable

This is no evil genius from a James Bond movie. Kim just may be an evil genius, period. The Kim family's rule has lasted so long because son, like father, is calculating and pragmatic.

US North Korea Financial Noose Tightens

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


-+ WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday imposed financial sanctions on a North Korean firm accused of involvement in the country's ...

UN North Korea Sanction Bars 5 Top Officials From Leaving Country

Bloomberg | Posted 08.17.2009 | World


The United Nations Security Council barred five North Korean officials from leaving their country and ordered their foreign assets frozen as punishmen...

North Korean Ship Kang Nam Turns Around

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, afte...

North Korea Vows To'Weaponize' Its Plutonium After UN Passes Sanctions

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 07.14.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making progr...

UN North Korea Stance "Unprecedented": Susan Rice

AP | Posted 07.13.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is praising the international body's newly-endorsed sanctions against North Korea in resp...

North Korea Sanctions Unanimously Expanded By U.N. Security Council

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 07.13.2009 | World


UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council imposed punishing new sanctions on North Korea Friday, toughening an arms embargo and authorizing shi...

Gates: North Korea Shows No Sign Of Retaliation For Sanctions

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


BRUSSELS, Belgium — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it does not appear that North Korea has made military preparations to follow throug...

North Korea: UN Security Council Set To Tighten Sanctions

New York Times | Posted 07.11.2009 | World


UNITED NATIONS -- The five permanent members of the Security Council have approved a draft resolution that would significantly expand export limits an...

North Korea Threatens "Merciless Offensive" With Nuclear Weapons If Provoked

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has informed the U.S. of up to 20 North Korean bank accounts suspected of being involved in counterfeiting, mon...

North Korea Bans Ships From Coastal Waters

AP | JAE-SOON CHANG | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has warned fishermen and boat captains to stay away from the country's east coast, Japan's coast guard said Mon...

North Korea: US Close To Imposing Its Own Sanctions

csmonitor.com | Arthur Bright | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are close to completing work on new sanctions against North Korea, while the US is set to impose...

North Korea: Security Council Draft Resolution Leaked

Inner City Press | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Five days after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test, a draft resolution emerged behind closed doors at the UN Security Council. The thre...