Keeping The Pressure On North Korea

Mr Einhorn said that illicit activities that bring hundreds of millions of dollars annually into North Korea, which can be used to support its nuclear or missile programmes or fund luxury goods purchases will have to stop. Photo: Reuters

Fresh North Korea Sanctions Aim To Cripple Regime's Arms Sales Profits -- Christian Science Monitor

New North Korea sanctions will target the banking sector in order to curtail the purchase and sale of weapons. The US-imposed sanctions also aim to stop the import of luxury goods for the elite surrounding leader Kim Jong-il.

Seoul, South Korea

The top US envoy on arms control promised Monday that new North Korea sanctions would make it much harder for Kim Jong-il's government to import military supplies and to profit from arms sales.

Robert Einhorn, whose title is special adviser on proliferation and arms control at the State Department, said the strengthened measures were to keep North Korea from getting funds for its nuclear and missile programs and also to stop the import of luxury goods for the elite surrounding North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

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