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The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction program, increasing pressure on Pyongyang over its renewed ballistic missile launches

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The vetoes came despite what the United States says was a sixth test of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea this year and signs that Pyongyang is preparing to conduct its first nuclear test since 2017. Washington also designated Jong Yong Nam, a Belarus-based representative of an organization subordinate to the North Korea Second Academy of Natural Sciences , who Washington said has supported North Korean organizations linked to the development of ballistic missiles.

 

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