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This November 29, 2017, image provided by the North Korean government on Thursday, November 30, 2017, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third from left, and what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
February 28, 2018, 12:35 pm
North Korea sent banned items to Syria, Myanmar, UN finds
Pyongyang sold materials for ballistic missiles and chemical weapons programs and technicians, experts say
By Edith M. Lederer
US Vice President Mike Pence, right, is shown the way by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, left, prior to a meeting at Defense Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, February 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool)
February 7, 2018, 12:14 pm
Pence says US to unveil ‘toughest’ sanctions on N. Korea
Pressure will continue 'until we achieve the global objective of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula,' vice president says
By Zeke Miller
People watch a live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's New Year's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
January 10, 2018, 5:56 am
S. Korean leader willing to meet with North’s Kim to resolve nuclear standoff
Moon Jae-in speaks of possible summit, a day after two sides agree to cooperate in next month's Winter Olympics
By Hyung-Jin Kim
The Lighthouse Winmore, a Hong Kong-flagged ship, is seen in waters off Yeosu, South Korea, December 29, 2017. (Hyung Min-woo/Yonhap via AP)
December 31, 2017, 12:18 pm
Seoul said to seize Panama ship for alleged transfer of oil to North Korea
In second such recent incident, 5,100-ton vessel reportedly detained two weeks ago, crew investigated for allegedly breaking sanctions
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to bestow state awards on military personnel who fought in Syria, at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 28, 2017. (Kirill Kudrayvstev/AFP)
December 30, 2017, 7:15 pm
Russia denies report its oil tankers breached North Korea sanctions
Statement comes in response to report Russian ships transferred fuel to North Korean vessels at sea in violation of UN embargo
By AP
The Lighthouse Winmore, chartered by Taiwanese company Billions Bunker Group Corp., is seen at sea off South Korea's Yeosu port on December 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / YONHAP)
December 30, 2017, 8:39 am
Ship crew questioned in S. Korea for sanctions-breaking oil transfer to North
The Hong Kong vessel is one of 10 the US has asked the Security Council to blacklist for violating restrictions against Pyongyang
By AFP
The Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, November 29, 2017. (Image provided by the North Korean government, Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
December 24, 2017, 7:32 am
North Korea slams new UN sanctions as an ‘act of war’
Pyongyang says latest international measures against its missile programs destroy 'the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula'
By AFP
Members of the UN Security Council vote 15-0 to impose new sanctions on North Korea during a Security Council meeting on December 22, 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York City. (AFP Photo/Kena Betancur)
December 23, 2017, 2:54 am
UN slaps new sanctions on North Korea for latest missile test
Unanimously adopted measures crack down on oil imports for Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, order North Korean workers abroad back home
By Carole LANDRY
In this Nov. 27, 2017, file photo, North Korean soldiers look at the South side as a South Korean stands guard near the spot where a North Korean soldier crossed the border on Nov. 13 at the Panmunjom, in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
December 22, 2017, 11:04 pm
‘World wants peace, not death,’ Trump says as UN sanctions N. Korea
Measures taken in response to latest missile launches include lower limits on oil imports, travel restrictions and crackdown on smuggling
By AFP and AP
A propaganda poster is displayed during a rally in support of North Korea's stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on August 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Kim Won-Jin)
December 22, 2017, 7:50 am
UN to vote on new North Korea sanctions targeting oil
Following negotiations with China, US-drafted Security Council resolution to restrict supplies vital for Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs
By Carole LANDRY
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (l) listens as US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will designate North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism during a cabinet meeting at the White House, November 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 20, 2017, 9:00 pm
Trump declares North Korea a state sponsor of terror
Adding regime to blacklist will up pressure on nations failing to enforce current sanctions; White House says more steps to follow
By AFP
US President Donald Trump addresses the National Assembly in Seoul on November 8, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Laurent FIEVET AND Lee Jin-man)
November 8, 2017, 7:59 am
North Korea a ‘cruel dictatorship,’ says Trump in Seoul
On 2nd leg of Asia tour, US president warns Pyongyang he 'will not permit America or our allies to be blackmailed or attacked'
By AFP
US President Donald Trump, left, and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in attend a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, November 7, 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
November 7, 2017, 12:36 pm
In Seoul, Trump calls on North Korea to ‘make a deal’
On trip through Asia, US president tones down aggressive rhetoric in nuclear standoff with Pyongyang, says 'it'll all work out'
By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin
In a photo taken on June 4, 2017 a man pushes a child on a bicycle past the Juche tower and Taedong river in Pyongyang, North Korea (AFP Photo/Ed Jones)
October 26, 2017, 8:35 pm
US sanctions North Korea for human rights abuses
State Department says Pyongyang's offenses against its own citizens include extrajudicial killings, forced labor and rape
By AFP
A container ship passing through the Suez Canal. (photo credit: CC BY Argenberg, Flickr)
October 2, 2017, 9:43 am
Egypt secretly ordered more than 30,000 grenades from North Korea — report
Weapons ship spotted by US leaving North Korea, approaching Suez Canal last year; sanctions-busting order said to be behind US freeze of military aid to Cairo
By Sue Surkes
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