The United States expanded sanctions list against North Korea, according to the website of the U.S. Treasury.
In the list of persons who are constrained, enabled the Ministry of labor and the State planning Committee.
Also on the list of seven officials Is the Minister of state security Kim Won Hong, the head of the camp for political prisoners in the province of hamkyong Kim Il Us assistant Director of the Department of agitation and propaganda of the workers ‘ party of Korea and the younger sister of leader Kim Jong-UN — Kim Jong E, another Deputy Director of the Department Choi Hwi, Deputy Director of organizational-methodical Department of the Central Committee of the WPK, Jo Yong Won, responsible for the “political check and cleaning” employee of this Department Bong Min Chul and Director of the General political Department of the Ministry of people’s security, Kang pil Hoon.
The Finance Ministry said that measures had been taken “in response to continuing serious abuses of human rights and the actions of censorship”.
On North Korea imposed sanctions by some countries, and the UN. In particular, they involve a violation of the prohibition to conduct nuclear tests.