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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Fatima Hussein

US sanctions Asian firms over North Korean fuel shipments

South Korea Defense Ministry

In the midst of increasingly aggressive North Korean missile launches this week, the U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on people and firms in Asia accused of helping North Korea procure fuel in violation of U.N. sanctions.

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted two people and three firms from Singapore, Taiwan and the Marshall Islands.

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