On Wednesday 30 November, the European Union hailed the adoption of a new resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK - North Korea) by the United Nations Security Council.
This Resolution 2321, which is a response to the North Korean nuclear test in September, caps North Korean coal exports to China, its main customer, from 2017. In the view of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, these are the strictest and most complete sanctions ever imposed by the Security Council,...