{"id":385684,"date":"2017-12-23T10:03:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T10:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=385684"},"modified":"2017-12-23T18:20:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T18:20:45","slug":"trump-praises-latest-north-korea-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/trump-praises-latest-north-korea-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump praises latest North Korea sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump has praised the UN Security Council for imposing tough new sanctions on North Korea in response to ballistic missile tests.<\/p>\n

In a tweet,\u00a0Mr Trump said the vote proved the world “wants peace, not death”.<\/p>\n

The US-drafted resolution includes measures to slash North Korea’s petrol imports by up to 90%.<\/p>\n

China and Russia, Pyongyang’s main trading partners, voted in favour of the resolution.<\/p>\n

North Korea is already subject to a raft of sanctions from the US, the UN and the EU.<\/p>\n

“The United Nations Security Council just voted 15-0 in favor of additional Sanctions on North Korea. The World wants Peace, not Death!” Mr Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n

The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said the sanctions sent an “unambiguous message to Pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishments and isolation”.<\/p>\n

She described North Korea as “the most tragic example of evil in the modern world”.<\/p>\n

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the latest measures against North Korea were a “vital step” towards curbing its nuclear weapons programme.<\/p>\n

He said the international community had shown it was united in its condemnation of the North’s “reckless behaviour”.<\/p>\n

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The Chinese foreign ministry described the situation on the peninsula as “complex and sensitive” and called on all sides to “exercise restraint and make active efforts to ease tensions”.<\/p>\n

What exactly are the new sanctions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US said it was seeking a diplomatic solution to the issue and drafted this new set of sanctions:<\/p>\n

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  • Deliveries of petrol products will be capped at 500,000 barrels a year, and crude oil at four million barrels a year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • All North Korean nationals working abroad will have to return home within 24 months under the proposals, restricting a vital source of foreign currency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • There will also be a ban on exports of North Korean goods, such as machinery and electrical equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Tensions have risen this year over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, which it has pursued despite pressure from world powers.<\/p>\n

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        The UN sanctions came in response to\u00a0Pyongyang’s 28 November firing of a ballistic missile, which the US said was its highest yet.<\/p>\n

        Mr Trump has previously threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if it launches a nuclear attack. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has described the US president as “mentally deranged”.<\/p>\n

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        What about previous sanctions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Last month, the US unveiled fresh sanctions against North Korea\u00a0which it said were designed to limit the funding for its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.<\/p>\n

        The measures targeted North Korean shipping operations and Chinese companies that trade with Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

        The UN also approved new sanctions following North Korea’s nuclear test on 3 September.<\/p>\n

        These measures restricted oil imports and banned textile exports – an attempt to starve the North of fuel and income for its weapons programmes.<\/p>\n

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        What effect have previous sanctions had?<\/strong><\/p>\n

        The US has been imposing sanctions on North Korea for more than a decade with little success.<\/p>\n

        In fact, North Korea has said fresh sanctions will only make it accelerate its nuclear programme. It has continued to test nuclear and ballistic missiles despite these recent examples of UN pressure:<\/p>\n

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        • 30 November 2016:<\/strong>\u00a0UN targeted North Korea’s valuable coal trade with China, slashing exports by about 60% under a new sales cap. Exports of copper, nickel, silver, zinc and the sale of statues were also banned<\/li>\n
        • What happened next?\u00a0<\/strong>On 14 May 2017, North Korea tested what it said was a “newly developed ballistic rocket” capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead<\/li>\n
        • 2 June 2017:\u00a0<\/strong>UN imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on four entities and 14 officials, including the head of North Korea’s overseas spying operations<\/li>\n
        • What happened next?\u00a0<\/strong>On 4 July, North Korea claimed it had carried out its first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)<\/li>\n
        • 6 August 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0UN banned North Korean exports of coal, ore and other raw materials and limited investments in the country, costing Pyongyang an estimated $1bn – about a third of its export economy<\/li>\n
        • What happened next?<\/strong>\u00a0On 3 September, North Korea said it had tested a hydrogen bomb that could be miniaturised and loaded on a long-range missile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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