The U.S. has sanctioned six North Korean and Burmese targets for facilitating arms trafficking between the two countries, seeking to cut off a key network that generates revenue for Pyongyang and has enabled the Myanmar military’s lethal air strikes on civilians. 

The new designations take aim at overseas representatives of DPRK government agencies funding the country’s nuclear development and a Burmese military-linked arms procurement firm, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press release on Thursday.

“North Korea’s unlawful weapons programs are a direct threat to America and our allies. At Treasury, we will continue