The United States says it is imposing sanctions on three senior North Korean officials over human rights abuses, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to woo the regime into a denuclearization accord.
The sanctioned officials include Choe Ryong Hae, who has been considered a right-hand man to leader Kim Jong Un.
The Treasury Department say it is taking action against “North Korea’s reprehensible treatment” of its citizens, in accordance with a 2016 US law that requires sanctions over rights abuses.
“The United States has consistently condemned the North Korean regime for its flagrant and egregious abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and this administration will continue to take action against human rights abusers around the globe,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says in a statement.
The orders — announced on the UN-backed Human Rights Day — include the seizure of any assets of the three officials in the United States and a ban on any US-based financial transactions with them.
— AFP
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