EXTERNAL ACTION / North korea

EU sanctions more individuals and entities after Pyongyang’s repeated missile launches

Brussels, 12/12/2022 (Agence Europe)

The Council of the EU adopted, on Monday 12 December, a new package of sanctions targeting four individuals and entities in North Korea. The EU is responding to the increase in missile launches by North Korea in recent months, which it says undermine the non-proliferation regime (see EUROPE B13067A29). 

The new sanctions target individuals and structures that support and finance North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, such as two oil tankers and cargo ships that violated...