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South Korea imposes sanctions on alleged financiers of North Korean military programme
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter pose with soldiers for a photo, following the launch of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in North Korea
SOUTH KOREA announced sanctions on Friday against eight people and seven companies suspected of financing North Korea’s military programme.
The move, which prohibits South Koreans from conducting any type of business with the North without authorisation, was largely symbolic as there are virtually no financial dealings between the rival Koreas.
But the steps may still draw a response from North Korea, which last month called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his government “idiots” and a “wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the US.”
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