Obama Announces New Sanctions on North Korea

President Barack Obama announced new sanctions Friday on North Korea in the wake of the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment late last year. The new sanctions take aim at 3 entities -- including North Korea's primary intelligence agency -- and 10 individuals. The U.S. Treasury Department says all are either agencies or officials of the North Korean Government. "We take seriously North Korea’s attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S. company...

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