U.N. sanctions

UNITED NATIONS--Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of...

DANDONG, China--China has stepped up checks on shipments to and from North Korea almost two months after agreeing to new U.N. sanctions that demand greater scrutiny of trade,...

SEOUL/WASHINGTON--If North Korea's bellicose rhetoric threatening the United States and South Korea with nuclear war was aimed at dragging Washington to the negotiating table,...

BEIJING--Chinese authorities in the northeastern city of Dandong have told tour agencies to halt overland tourism into North Korea, local travel agents said on April 10, as...

WASHINGTON--North Korea's latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China and revitalize the Obama...

LONDON/SEOUL--North Korea warned on April 5 it could not guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10 and asked embassies to consider moving staff out of the country,...

SEOUL--Chinese regulators appear to have issued a warning shot to North Korean banks, telling them to stay within the remit of their permitted operations in China or risk...

UNITED NATIONS--A U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution to be voted on later this week calls for an explicit ban on the sale to Pyongyang of items coveted by North Korea's ...

UNITED NATIONS--The United States and China reached a deal that "significantly expands" U.N. sanctions on North Korea for its third nuclear test, eliciting a renewed threat by...