Topic: North Korea sanctions

September 21, 2013
10:00 am

In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, what appears to be a new missile is carried during a mass military parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country's founding father Kim Il Sung. (photo credit: AP/Ng Han Guan, File)

China: N. Korea ready to make nuclear commitment

Beijing says a new deal is possible to rein in nuclear program thought to be behind the short-lived Syrian reactor

By AP

May 15, 2013
5:32 am

North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, in 2012. (photo credit: AP/KCNA, File)

UN report: Sanctions delay North Korea’s atom bomb work

From the web Arms and trade embargo, other global restrictions, hinder Pyongyang nuclear arms program, reports Reuters, quoting a UN team of experts

April 27, 2013
12:49 am

North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)

US lawmakers introduce tough N. Korea sanctions bill

Modeled on Iran sanctions, measures may impact companies and banks in China, through which Pyongyang does most of its business

March 16, 2013
11:28 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un uses binoculars to view South Korean territory from an observation post on Jangjae Islet, in March 2013. (photo credit: AP/KCNA via KNS)

North Korea test-fired 2 short-range missiles, Seoul says

Pyongyang threatening nuclear strikes on Washington, Seoul after ongoing US-South Korea drills and UN sanctions over its third nuclear test

March 8, 2013
6:05 am

UN Security Council members vote during a March meeting (photo credit: AP/Bebeto Matthews/File)

North Korea hit by new UN sanctions

Pyongyang says it’s canceling a nonaggression pact with rival South Korea, threatens ‘crushing strikes’ against enemies

March 7, 2013
8:35 pm

North Korea successfully tested a long-range rocket in December 2012. (screen capture:Youtube/ABCNews)

Ignoring threats, UN levels sanctions against North Korea

Move comes as US senator responds to Pyongyang’s ‘absurd’ warning of nuke attack against US, calling it ‘suicide’

February 18, 2013
6:22 pm

North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)

EU approves tighter sanctions on North Korea

From the web European effort to limit regime’s ability to build nuclear missile program comes on heels of third nuke test since 2006, Reuters reports

February 16, 2013
2:20 am

North Korean army officers and soldiers attend a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in February. (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)

Washington seeks tougher sanctions on N. Korea

Following Tuesday’s nuclear test, Pyongyang threatens further, unspecified measures of ‘greater intensity’

By Matthew Pennington