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US President Barack Obama signed a decree on the introduction of new sanctions against the DPRK. According to White House spokesman Josh Ernest, the reason for this was a test by Pyongyang nuclear and ballistic missiles.
Under the new sanctions, frozen state property of North Korea in the United States, prohibits US investment and exports to North Korea.
The sanctions also suggest getting blacklisted by any individuals and companies doing business with Pyongyang, not only the US.
The list includes sanctions recently approved by the UN Security Council. This is the most severe sanctions against North Korea over the past decade
However, in the list there are other sanctions approved by the US Congress and imposed by the US president in February
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“This decision was made as part of our long-term policy to pressure the North Korean regime,” – said Ernest
“United States and the international community will not tolerate criminal DPRK activities related to the testing of nuclear and ballistic missiles. . We will continue to impose sanctions on North Korea until it begins to fulfill its international obligations “, -. he concluded
According to Barack Obama, the new sanctions will not affect the ordinary people of North Korea, but the country’s leadership, in the words of American president is only themselves to blame.
in early March, the DPRK conducted a launch of two ballistic missiles into the sea direction, threatening a preemptive strike on South Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also claimed that North Korean scientists have developed nuclear warheads that can be placed on ballistic missiles.
However, most experts believe that North Korea does not yet have such small nuclear charges.
US officials have called on North Korea to release sentenced to 15 years in the camps of the American student Otto Vormbera.
As said Wednesday, White house spokesman Josh Ernest, North Korea uses the convicted Americans as a pawn to advance their political agenda
“We strongly urge the DPRK government to pardon him and release as part of a special amnesty immediately,” -. said Ernest, noting that the charges against Vormbera would not have been grounds for serious punishment in the United States or any other country in the world.
21-year-old American Vormber Otto was arrested on January 2 before flying to China. It was announced that he had committed a crime, but the details have not been reported.
At the end of February at a press conference Otto Vormber said that withdrew from the hotel wall in an area intended only for staff, the political poster and that his act was aimed at damaging the motivation of the Korean people.
at the same press conference, he said that he carried a poster with a political slogan at the request of parishioners of his church.
according to the student, in exchange he was offered a used car worth 10 thousand dollars.
On Wednesday, March 16 Vormber was sentenced to 15 years in labor camps.
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