US House Pushes Sanctions on North Korea After Bomb Test

The U.S. House of Representatives has held debate on a bill called the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act, which seeks to deny the Pyongyang government the hard currency it needs for its nuclear weapons program. A vote is expected in the House this week, possibly as early as Tuesday. The sanctions bill is seen as a response to North Korea's announcement last week that it had set off a hydrogen bomb. That claim has been met with widespread skepticism as outside experts say North...

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