Conflicts in Korea Part 4
North Korea was met by increasingly harsh sanctions from the outside world, not only from the UN but also directly from the EU and the US. Following the fifth nuclear test in the autumn of 2016, the UN Security Council introduced sanctions banning the export of coal, iron and lead, important sources of income for North Korea. In response to the sixth nuclear test a year later, limits were set on North Korea’s imports of oil, while textile exports were banned and…