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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News European Union sanctions 12 people and entities linked to DPRK weapons programNorth Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile test last month compelled action from Brussels, said one EU diplomat The European Union slapped new sanctions on eleven North Korean individuals and entities on Thursday in response to the DPRK’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and other weapons tests this year. The eighth North Koreans and three entities, along with one other Eritrean entity, join 65 other North Korean and other nationals already sanctioned by the EU and over a dozen entities whose funds are frozen by European authorities for supporting Pyongyang’s weapons programs. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |