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The US Treasury Department has announced new financial sanctions targeting a group of North Korean nationals living in China over their alleged role in aiding Pyongyang’s illicit weapons programmes. The sanctions come one day after North Korea conducted its latest test of a “hypersonic” missile, in alleged violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. It was the nuclear-armed country’s second such test in one week. “Today’s actions, part of the United States’ ongoing efforts to counter the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes, target its continued use of overseas representatives to illegally procure goods for weapons,” said...
