EU sanctions increased on N Korea in line with latest UN Security Council resolution

The EU, in adopting Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1836, has strengthened its restrictive measures against the DPRK by transposing the sectoral sanctions imposed by UN Security Council resolution 2375 (2017). That resolution was adopted on 11 September 2017 in response to the DPRK’s ongoing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles-development activities, in violation of previous UN Security Council resolutions. The measures introduced...