PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean staff on Thursday (February 11) headed for the Kaesong Industrial Complex to help with a pull-out of workers a day after the government decided to suspend operations at a jointly run factory park just inside North Korea following the North’s long-range rocket launch. South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said on Wednesday (February 10) North Korea was suspected of spending funds from the complex on advancing its nuclear […]
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US, allies target N. Korea finances after rocket test
PAJU, South Korea (AFP) — The United States and its Asian allies tightened the economic screws on North Korea Thursday with the US Senate adopting fresh sanctions and South Korean firms abandoning a joint industrial park that helped fund Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The unilateral moves, which also included Japanese sanctions, came with UN Security Council members still stalled on how far to go in punishing the North for its latest nuclear test and long-range […]





