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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on five North Korean officials in its first response to Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test and later announced it will also seek new UN sanctions. The Treasury Department said it was imposing penalties on the five officials over their roles in obtaining equipment…
Biden administration?s newest blacklisting comes after a series of missile tests by Pyongyang The US Treasury
The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on five North Koreans based in Russia and China over their alleged ties to Pyongyang's weapons-development programs, following recent ballistic missile tests by the secretive country.
The U.S. is also proposing U.N. sanctions in response to North Korea's six ballistic missile launches since September, each of which it says "were in violation of UN Security Council resolutions."
The Treasury Department said it was imposing penalties on the five officials over their roles in obtaining equipment and technology for the North's missile programs.