Sanctions
Information related to sanctions developments
U.S. travel ban to North Korea: How will the exemption process work?
Four category exemption system could leave some stakeholders banned from entry
North Korea’s fishing industry: Markets, private business, and foreign trade
New sanctions target a burgeoning entrepreneurial class often independent from the state
Crude proposal? A North Korean oil embargo, in theory and in practice
Petroleum politics have long been a staple of the sanction and pressure discussion
Justice Department filing reveals North Korea’s money laundering, oil trade
Sanctioned DPRK entities used companies in Singapore to move dollars and buy oil products
Debating “lips and teeth”: Talking North Korea sanctions in China
Both Washington policy and Beijing propaganda assume there is a unitary Chinese position on the DPRK
China implements UN restrictions on N. Korean coal, iron, seafood
Beijing continues to omit some forms of iron, lead from its prohibitions, however
How new lead, iron sanctions could cut $200 million from N. Korea’s trade revenue
KITA and UN figures lower than those presented by the U.S. Mission to the UN, however
New UN Security Council sanctions on N. Korea: What they mean, and what they don’t
The UN has just introduced measures designed to cut one-third of the DPRK’s total export revenue - implementation will be tricky
Maximum pressure? How UNSCR 2371 will impact North Korea’s economy
For the new measures to have serious bite, they will have to be implemented and enforced like never before
The United Nations’ latest DPRK Resolution: How will Pyongyang respond?
The U.S. has called them the toughest measures "in a generation" - Kim Jong Un will likely increase tensions
