North Korea Sanctions Pass US Senate

One day after America’s top intelligence official warned of North Korea’s nuclear, ballistic and cyber capabilities, the U.S. Senate passed expansive sanctions targeting Pyongyang and its foreign suppliers and collaborators.   Wednesday’s 96 to 0 vote followed North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket Sunday as well as a recent nuclear test.   Republican Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said decades of U.S. policy on North Korea have been “an...

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