UPDATE 28 (2015-3-17): Vox.com reports that a US congressman may have revealed a US response to the Sony hacking: Rep. Michael McCaul hinted at a think tank event on Tuesday that the US may have ...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2014/12/17/sony-and-the-interview/
Here is the press release from the Treasury Department: Treasury Sanctions Bank, Front Company, and Official Linked to North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs 6/27/2013 Action Targets N...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2013/06/27/us-sanctions-dprk-daedong-credit-bank/
These new sanctions are in response to the DPRK’s third nuclear test. Here is a link to information on UNSC resolution 2094, which the UNSC passed in response to the same test. Here is the full...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2013/03/11/us-imposes-new-sanctions-on-dprk/
According to the AFP: North Korea is forging trade documents and changing the names of its trading firms to try to dodge international sanctions, a Seoul intelligence official and a media report ...
UPDATE 4: The following statement appeared on the Treasury Department web page: In joint actions, the U.S. Departments of Treasury and State today announced the designations of five North Korean ...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/08/30/us-freezes-assets-in-dprk-proliferation-sase/
According to the Daily NK: The 1718 Committee of the UN Security Council has published the final version of its “Report to the Security Council from the Panel of Experts established Pursuant to...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/08/06/un-report-explains-sanctions-decisions/
UPDATE 2: More details are coming out about the US led initiative to track down DPRK-owned accounts in foreign banks. According to the Choson Ilbo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is believed to...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/07/22/us-attempts-to-apply-more-pressure-to-dprk/
According to the Irrawaddy: A recent New York Times op-ed article by Aung Lynn Htut, formerly a high-ranking Burmese military intelligence officer who defected in 2005 while he served as an attac...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/07/07/burma-north-korea-ties-escalating-over-two-decades/
The UN panel responsible for implementing UNSC resolutions pertaining to the DPRK has written a report (which is not yet publicly available) claiming that the DPRK continues to evade UN sanctions...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/11/18/un-panel-claims-dprk-evading-sanctions/
The US Treasury Department has targeted the Amroggang Development Bank for its connections with the Tanchon Commercial Bank. According to Reuters: Tanchon was previously hit with sanctions by b...
https://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/10/25/treasury-blacklists-another-dprk-bank/