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US Demands N. Korean Oil Embargo, Asset Freeze on Kim Jong-un

News2017-09-07

Anchor: The U.S. has proposed new tougher sanctions against North Korea in response to the North's latest nuclear test, including an oil ban and a freeze on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's assets. What remains is persuading China and Russia. 
Alannah Hill has more.
 
Report: The U.S. has drafted a UN resolution calling for bans on supplying a range of oil products to North Korea and purchasing its textile exports.
 
The draft also calls for freezing Kim Jong-un's assets and banning him from traveling abroad. Four additional high-ranking North Korean officials and organizations were also put on the blacklist. 
 
Also included in the draft is a call for an end to hiring North Korean laborers and making payments to the workers.
 
Foreign media reported that the U.S.-authored draft is being circulated and considered among the members of the UN Security Council(UNSC).
 
The U.S. had imposed sanctions against Kim Jong-un in the past over North Korea's human rights violations, but it is the first time he could become subject to UNSC sanctions.
 
The draft must win the approval of nine UNSC members including the five permanent members.
 
The U.S. plans to put the draft resolution to a vote on Monday, but the motion could be delayed if it faces opposition from other members, such as Russia.
 
During summit talks in Russia's eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed President Moon Jae-in's request to cut its oil supplies to North Korea.
Alannah Hill, KBS World Radio News. 

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