UN Sanctions – Asia Times

Presidential candidate talks up Korean self-belief

by Andrew Salmon November 25, 2021November 29, 2021

SEOUL – “People refer to me as a very progressive liberal, but I think of myself as a pragmatist,” South Korean presidential hopeful Lee Jae-myung declared in Seoul Thursday. “I have my values and what I want to achieve but I am not a philosopher or an activist,” he said. “I am a person of […]

Syria pays the price of resistance

by Chandra Muzaffar March 22, 2021

America’s Iran strategy takes a heavy hit

by MK Bhadrakumar October 19, 2020October 22, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia

As sanctions loom, Russia keeps North Korea at work

by Bertil Lintner May 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Reining in expectations on Azhar ruling

by Swaran Singh May 2, 2019February 18, 2020

A South Korea train prepares to travel across the border into North Korea on Dorasan station on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korean train heads North, but engagement not on track

by Andrew Salmon November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanks members of the UN Security Council after their meeting on North Korea on Sept 27 in New York. He said sanctions against the North must be enforced 'vigorously'. Photo: AFP / Don Emmert

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China and Russia clash with US over North Korea sanctions

by Andrew Salmon September 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian defendant Siti Aishah (C) has been charged with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2. Photo: AFP/ Mohd Rasfan

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Kim Jong-nam murder suspects one step closer to death

by Nile Bowie August 16, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho as they arrive for a group photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat in Singapore on August 4, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea presses US on confidence building at ASEAN forum

by Andrew Salmon August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A general view of Pyongyang showing the Juche tower and city skyline on June 11. Photo: AFP/ Ed Jones

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Trump holds the clock on North Korea while Putin plans his moves

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 19, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) sign documents at a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. Photo: AFP via KCNA/KNS

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Asia widely welcomes Kim-Trump detente

by Nile Bowie June 13, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean trucks carrying flour for North Korean flood victims drive past a military checkpoint near the inter-Korean border in 2012. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-Je

AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Can South reward the North and stay sanctions compliant?

by Robert E. McCoy April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

HMS Sutherland (F81), a type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. Photo: Wikipedia

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

British warship arrives in Japan to help police N Korea sanctions

by Asia Times staff April 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A North Korean military officer (R) and a North Korea man (L) stand behind a pile of coal along the banks of the Yalu River in the northeast of the North Korean border town of Siniuju in a 2012 file photo. Photo: AFP/Wang Zhao

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

North Korea eludes coal export ban via Vietnam

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Part of North Korea's missile arsenal. Photo: AFP/North Korean Central News Agency

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North Korea, Myanmar in a sanctions-busting embrace

by Bertil Lintner February 8, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting Farm No. 1116 of KPA Unit 810 in September. KCNA/via Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia

North Korea faces ‘significant’ food shortage: 38 North

by Asia Unhedged October 17, 2017February 18, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People on September 30, 2017 in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia

US ‘probing’ to see if North Korea interested in dialogue

by Reuters September 30, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump is talking tougher to China's Xi Jinping over North Korea. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

US warns China to follow through on North Korea sanctions

by Asia Times and agencies September 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Oil embargoes have a history of spilling a lot of blood.

China, Germany, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Japan’s history shows oil embargoes are a dance with disaster

by William Pesek September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes his troops. Photo: Reuters via KCNA

China, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

UN Security Council votes to expand sanctions on North Korea

by Michelle Nichols September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a meeting with the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 4, 2017. KCNA via Reuters.

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

North Korea warns US will pay price for UN sanctions

by Asia Times and agencies September 11, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump met with military advisers to discuss response to North Korea's nuclear bomb test on September 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters

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US pledges ‘massive’ response if threatened by North Korea

by Asia Times and other media September 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image: iPhoto

Afghanistan, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Iran’s certified share momentum doubts

by Gary Kleiman July 30, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is all smiles after the test-firing of a new missile in photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 30, 2017. Friday's launch came a day after North Korea celebrated what it calls “Victory Day” — the anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War — and Pyongyang regularly times its missile tests to coincide with symbolic dates. Photo: KCNA / via Reuters

Beijing, China, France, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea greets sanction moves with new missile launch

by Park Chan-Kyong July 29, 2017February 18, 2020

No statues for sale.
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen via Wikimedia Commons

China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Factbox — UN sanctions on North Korea

by Reuters May 18, 2017

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Adorno

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Prickly questions loom for Taipei over ties with North Korea

by Wendell Minnick May 3, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump held out the possibility on April 2, 2017 of using trade as a lever to secure Chinese cooperation against North Korea and suggested Washington might deal with Pyongyang's nuclear and missile program on its own if need be. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Trump says North Korea conflict possible; seeks other solution

by Asia Times and Reuters April 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Air Koryo adds to fizz to North Korea's aviation industry. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Colas, cigarettes: Air Koryo branches out to dodge sanctions

by James Pearson and Sue-Lin Wong April 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Part of North Korea's missile arsenal. Photo: AFP/North Korean Central News Agency

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UN report reveals how North Korea sources missile technology

by Bill Gertz April 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Military officers visit the birthplace of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, a day before the 105th anniversary of his birth in Mangyongdae outside Pyongyang, North Korea April 14, 2017. Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Pyongyang warns of retaliation against US ‘military hysteria’

by Asia Times and agencies April 15, 2017February 18, 2020