North Korea hit with $1 billion ban on exports by UN security council in rare show of unity

‘The United Nations security council has approved new sanctions on North Korea, placing a $1 billion ban on the country’s exports which will cut the country’s revenues by a third.
The resolution was approved unanimously on Saturday, meaning that China and Russia abandoned their traditional support for North Korea and joined in a rare united show of force.
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said that the resolution was “the single largest economic package ever levelled against the North Korean regime.”
It is also the largest reprimand ever issued by the UN for a ballistic missile test.’

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