Anchor: The Council of the European Union has added nine North Korean individuals and four entities to its North Korea sanctions lists in line with new UN sanctions following Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missile provocations. The EU will likely take legal steps soon for its 28 members to implement the new sanctions.
Lee Bo-kyung has more.
 
Report: The Council of the EU said Thursday that it added nine North Korean individuals and four entities to the lists of those subject to an asset freeze and travel restrictions after the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2371 on Saturday in response to Pyongyang’s continued missile provocations.
 
With the move, 62 people and 50 entities, such as companies, organizations and banks, are now under sanctions in line with the UN list. The EU has autonomously slapped restrictive measures on a further 41 people and seven entities.
 
The EU said that it will soon take steps to legislate other sanctions as well as those stipulated in the UNSC Resolution.
 
It stressed in a statement that it is faithfully implementing the UN resolution against North Korea, but also imposing its own sanctions.
 
The EU also urged North Korea to immediately halt provocations, while calling on other related countries to seek the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through peaceful ways.
 
The EU’s sanctions are seen as its efforts to intensify pressure against North Korea amid the escalating war of words between Pyongyang and Washington.
Lee Bo-kyung, KBS World Radio News.

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