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The document also provides for a complete ban on the import of textile products from North Korea. Additional restrictions on cooperation in the transport sector were introduced in the decree: the delivery of new helicopters and ships to North Korea became prohibited; all seagoing ships owned or controlled by the North Korea should be removed ...
Imposed sanctions after North Korea's 2016 nuclear and missile test. Sanctions include inspection of all passing cargo to and from North Korea, prohibition of all weapons trade with the country, additional restrictions on North Korean imports of luxury goods, and expulsion of certain North Korean diplomats suspected of illicit activities ...
Freedom of movement in North Korea is also limited, [1] as citizens are not allowed to move around freely inside their country. [2] On October 14, 2018, North and South Korea agreed to restore inter-Korean rail and road transportation. [3] On November 22, 2018, North and South Korea reopened a road on the Korean border which had been closed ...
North Korea will resume international tourism to its northeastern city of Samjiyon in December, and possibly the rest of the country, tour companies said on Wednesday. The move is a sign that the ...
North Korea confirmed on Friday it is shutting some embassies in an effort to "rearrange its diplomatic capacity efficiently", closures that South Korea says indicates the North is struggling ...
But tourism in North Korea faces a "catch-22": for those grand touristic projects to provide the expected return-on-investment, the North Korean government will have to lift many of the strong restrictions it puts on people - theirs and the tourists; one defector underlines that "if they do that, tourism will have a much greater impact on the ...
Joseph Stalin reportedly handpicked Kim Il Sung, who was a fluent Russian speaker, to lead North Korea in 1948. [12] Soviet influence in North Korea was endorsed under Kim Il Sung. The degree of censorship seen in North Korea today began with the nationalization of major industries, labor reforms, and the seizure of privately owned land.
According to an affidavit filed Nov. 26, Wen obtained the guns, ammunition and export-controlled technology to ship them to North Korea, which is a violation of federal law and U.S. sanctions ...