US designates 5 Russian entities for aiding N Korea's missile programe

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: The US has imposed sanctions on five Russian entities for aiding North Korea's ballistic missile programmes. On Friday, the US Treasury Department said the two Russian individuals and three companies have been helping Park Kwang-hun, a North Korean representative based in Vladivostok who was designated by both Washington and the UN in 2018 for procuring supplies for the North's illicit weapons programmes, Yonhap News Agency reported.

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