All posts tagged "North Korea sanctions"

  • (AP)
    UN diplomats: US and China agree on new N. Korea sanctions

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and China have reached agreement on a U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions on North Korea as punishment for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, U.N. diplomats said...

    • Posted February 24, 2016
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  • (Yonhap file)
    Obama signs N. Korea sanctions bill into law

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a package of tough sanctions on North Korea on Thursday, completing an unusually speedy legislative process underlining concerns about Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs....

    • Posted February 18, 2016
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  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., raises a fist as he arrives for a breakfast meeting with Al Sharpton at Sylvia's Restaurant, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Sanders defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Feel the Bern? Clinton camp slams Sanders for missed N. Korea vote

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is being criticized for missing a Senate vote to approve a set of stringent sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests. The senator...

    • Posted February 11, 2016
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