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Designations include DPRK missile official sent to help fight Ukraine and Russian firms accused of labor violations
A photo released by South Korean intelligence showing a North Korean official believed to be Ri Song Jin with a Russian soldier on the front lines of the Ukraine war | Image: ROK National Intelligence Service (Oct. 18, 2024), edited by NK News
The EU has introduced new sanctions targeting North Koreans and Russian entities for allegedly contributing to Pyongyang’s weapons of mass destruction programs.
The designations announced Monday are part of the EU’s largest sanctions package to date covering 1,569 individuals and entities primarily in Russia’s military industrial complex, also including a section pertaining to Russia’s growing cooperation with North Korea.
The European Council wrote in its press releasethat it added three individuals and four entities to its autonomous DPRK sanctions list, identifying them as “responsible for supporting, promoting or facilitating activities” contributing to North Korea’s nuclear, ballistic and weapons of
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