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U.S., Japan and South Korea sanction three North Korean officials over missile launches

The U.S., South Korea and Japan are sanctioning North Korean officials for the unlawful development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles as Kim Jong-un conducts missile launches at an unprecedented rate in East Asia.

The Treasury late Thursday pointed to an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Nov. 18 — Pyongyang’s eighth this year — on top of 60 other missile launches in 2022 in violation of U.N. resolutions.

The sanctions will target Jon Il-ho, Yu-jin and Kim Su-gil, three officials in the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), for their roles in weapons development and attendance at numerous launches since 2017.