U.S. imposes sanctions on N. Koreans, entities over human rights abuses

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on seven officials and three entities of North Korea over what Washington described as Pyongyang's "ongoing and serious human rights abuses.""Today's sanctions target the North Korean military and regime officials engaged in flagrant abuses of human rights," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.The Treasury Department is also targeting North Korean financial facilitators who attempt to keep the leadership in Pyongyang afloat with foreign currency earned through forced labor operations.The sanctions, which freeze assets within …READ FULL ARTICLE