US Sanctions 3 Senior North Korean Officials, Including Top Aide To Kim - Treasury

Sumaira FH Published December 11, 2018 | 12:03 AM

The United States has sanctioned three senior North Korean government officials, including the Vice Chairman of the country's Workers Party, Ryong-Hae Choe, over their human rights abuses, the US Treasury Department said in a press release on Monday.

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 10th December, 2018) The United States has sanctioned three senior North Korean government officials, including the Vice Chairman of the country's Workers Party, Ryong-Hae Choe, over their human rights abuses, the US Treasury Department said in a press release on Monday.

"The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated three individuals in response to the North Korean regime's ongoing and serious human rights abuses and censorship," the release said. "OFAC designated Choe Ryong Hae ... [who] is reportedly seen as the "Number Two" official with control over the party, government, and military."