N. Korea citizens may be hard hit by new U.N. sanctions: defector

New U.N. sanctions targeting North Korea's key exports will help curtail funding for its nuclear and missile programs but may not bring an end to leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear ambitions and could hit ordinary peoples' lives hard, a high-profile defector from the country has told Kyodo News.North Korea will suffer "a heavy blow" once the new sanctions are thoroughly implemented because they block exports of coal and other mineral resources, a major source of foreign currency revenue, said Ri Jong Ho, 59, who formerly managed funds for the country's leadership as a senior member of the secreti…READ FULL ARTICLE