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The sanctions are part of a crackdown on smuggling of North Korean commodities in violation of UN sanctions resolutions.
The UN Security Council has blacklisted 27 ships, 21 companies and a businessman for helping North Korea breach sanctions, as the United States keeps up pressure on Pyongyang despite its recent overtures towards talks.
The sanctions were passed on a request from the US and they are part of a global crackdown on the smuggling of North Korean commodities in violation of UN sanctions resolutions, which were adopted in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.
The sanctions designations were approved as the US moves to open talks with North Korea on its nuclear drive, with a summit possible between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un by the end of May.
Despite the diplomatic opening, the US has made clear they will keep the pressure on Pyongyang to shift course by pressing on with sanctions.
"We want to thank the members of the Security Council, as well as Japan and South Korea, for working with us to keep up the pressure and for their commitment to implementing UN Security Council resolutions and holding violators accountable," Haley added on Friday.
Twenty-one shipping and trading firms were hit by an assets freeze. Three of them are based in Hong Kong including Huaxin Shipping, which delivered shipments of North Korean coal to Vietnam in October.
Twelve North Korean firms were blacklisted for running ships involved in illegal transfers of oil and fuel, according to the document.
Two other companies, Shanghai Dongfeng Shipping and Weihai World Shipping Freight, also based in China, were blacklisted for carrying North Korean coal on their vessels.
(Score: 1, Troll) by jmorris on Tuesday April 03 2018, @01:06AM (1 child)
Two words: Mad Merkel
Without reunification it is hard to see Germany self destructing like they currently seem determined to do. Worse, they seem to think pulling all of Europe to Hell with them is required for reasons not adequately explained. The other problems of reunification were serious but survivable. But it seems to have triggered something horrible in the German psyche.
Now imagine what could happen if the utterly defective North Koreans suddenly get thrown into modern Korea and get to vote. And the dominant "civic religion" ruling the West won't permit any other decision if the walls and minefields are suddenly torn down. No holding them as a protectorate for a generation to educate and integrate their children while leaving the most brainwashed adults safely out of the decision loop. What monsters will be unleashed? Who the Hell knows, but after the German example we probably do not want to find out.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 03 2018, @02:40AM
Uh...what?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...