U.S. Sanctions Six North Korean Individuals In Response to Recent Missile Tests

These sanctions may make it harder for these North Koreans to do business, but it seems North Korea can just get new people to replace them if the sanctions make it to hard to do business for them:

The United States said Wednesday that it is designating six North Korean individuals related to North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs.

The Department of Treasury said it is designating five North Korean individuals — one based in Russia and four in China — for illegally procuring materials for the North’s WMD and ballistic missile programs.

The Department of State also designated an additional North Korean individual based in Russia for a similar reason.

“Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) individuals responsible for procuring goods for the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile-related programs,” the treasury department said in a press release, referring to North Korea by its official name.

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