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Until then, these measures will keep squeezing North Korea's economy: Export ban The UN sanctions took aim at North Korea's exports, banning the sale of coal, iron ore, textiles and seafood.

North Korean animators likely contributed to Western TV cartoons despite sanctions, according to a new research report. The report revealed files on a North Korean server linked to projects for ...

The U.S. Treasury has leveled sanctions against seven companies and two individuals who were working on behalf, or have used the services, of North Korea’s government-run animation group SEK Studio.

World powers have pursued economic and financial sanctions on North Korea for more than a dozen years to pressure it to denuclearize. They have also deployed sanctions to punish the regime for ...

According to an investigation by 38 North, which monitored a North Korean cloud server in January 2024, North Korean workers appear to have worked on animation projects by Amazon and HBO Max ...

Despite all its military threats and nuclear tests, North Korea is hiding a massive economic failure. With a GDP of just $25 billion, the entire country’s economy is smaller than Beverly Hills ...

The U.S., Japan, and South Korea revealed new sanctions to punish ... to prop up its ailing economy. A report from blockchain research firm Chainalysis said North Korea’s hacker army stole ...

Though North Korea has ways to evade sanctions, this does not mean sanctions have no impact. Sanctions interplay with domestic governance and economic systems in ways that are complex and often hard ...

The moves underscore North Korea's economic woes and its difficulties ... obtain foreign currency have stumbled due to strengthened sanctions," a ministry official told local reporters on the ...

Fox News contributor Rebecca Grant discusses whether the U.S. is on the verge of a direct clash with Iran and reacts to North Korea's first missile launch of 2024 on 'Making Money.' North Korean ...