U.s. Blacklists Virtually All North Korean Ships As Part Of New Sanctions

MATTHEW PENNINGTON and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Fri, 02/23/2018 - 7:33am

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration escalated pressure on North Korea on Friday by slapping sanctions on scores of companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. has now blacklisted virtually all ships being used by the North. The administration billed it as the largest installment of North Korean economic restrictions to date as it intensifies its campaign of “maximum pressure” to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons.

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