The U.S. Imposes Secondary Sanctions on Chinese and Russian Firms Over North Korea
(WorldNews China)

The U.S. has announced new sanctions on ten Russian and Chinese firms as well as six individuals that it accuses of aiding North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, pilling more pressure on the Kim Jong Un regime just hours after a total of 67,500 South Korean and American troops began 11 days of combat drills. The secondary sanctions drew a swift rebuke from China, which called on Washington to “immediately correct its mistake� of targeting its firms. Pyongyang had not responded to the secondary sections directly, but threatened “merciless retaliation and...