Exclusive - Financial sanctions delay North Korea's nuclear arms work: U.N.
Reuters - Wed, May 15, 2013By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The latest annual report by the U.N. sanctions-monitoring group comes as the United States seeks to persuade China that applying economic and other sanctions against its neighbour is crucial to halting the program. ... More »Exclusive - Financial sanctions delay North Korea's nuclear arms work: U.N.