All posts tagged "sanctions"

  • Peter Harrell, deputy secretary for counter threat finance and sanctions at the U.S. State Department, arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2014, for a meeting with officials over sanctions against Russia. (Yonhap)
    South Korea asked to join Russia ban

    (Yonhap) — A high-ranking U.S. sanctions official asked South Korea Tuesday to join Washington-led efforts to impose tougher sanctions against Russia, sources in Seoul said. Peter Harrell, deputy secretary for counter threat finance and sanctions at the U.S....

    • Posted July 29, 2014
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  • North Korea, Japan agree to investigate abductions and lift sanctions

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea and Japan agreed to carry out a full-scale investigation into the abduction of Japanese citizens and lift sanctions against the North at ongoing talks in Sweden, the North’s state-run media said Thursday....

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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