US announces new sanctions on North Korea

08:20, November 22, 2017

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  US sanctions add pessimism to Korean Peninsula

  The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed new unilateral sanctions on North Korea. Among those targeted were four Dandong-based companies and one Chinese individual.The sanctions were imposed a day after the US announced the re-listing of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, showing the Trump administration's determination to carry out extreme sanctions against North Korea.However, the US moves

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  Video: GT's editor-in-chief on US' new sanctions on North Korea

  Photo: VCGUS President Donald Trump Monday named North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism. The next day, the US Treasury Department slapped new sanctions on North Korea. In this video, Hu Xijin, the Editor-in-chief of China's Global Times, discusses why he thinks the US move is

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  US unwise to re-list North Korea as terror sponsor

  US President Donald Trump on Monday re-listed North Koreaas a "state sponsor of terrorism." The US Department of Treasury will announce new sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday, which are expected to take effect in two weeks.Obviously, Washington has found an excuse to impose additional punishment on Pyongyang which has refused to give up its nuclear and missile programs.In 2008,