The United States Tuesday imposed sanctions against two North Korean entities said to be involved in that country's missile and nuclear programs. A State Department announcement said a North Korean company, the Korea Tangun Trading Corporation, and the communist country's General Bureau of Atomic Energy were being added to a list of North Korean entities facing U.S. economic sanctions. | So we're finally getting around to sanctioning their Bureau of Atomic Energy? Maybe someday we could sanction their Center for Long-Distance Missiles? |
The U.S. administration is been pursuing a two-track strategy of economic pressure and diplomacy to try to revive the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear program, which broke down last year.