US sanctions North Korean couple accused of helping to procure equipment for ballistic missiles

FILE – The Department of the Treasury’s seal outside the Treasury Department building in Washington on May 4, 2021. The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova’s democratically-elected government through protests in Moldova’s capitol earlier this year. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) WASHINGTON - The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a North Korean husband and wife living in Beijing accused of helping to procure equipment for ballistic missiles that ended up in the hands of North Korean and Iranian customers. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said Choe…