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American Banks Blocked From Doing Business With North Korea

September 22, 2017
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American Banks Blocked From Doing Business With North Korea

September 22, 2017
A new sanctions order bans banks doing business in North Korea to also operate in the United States. Reuters reported that the new international finance order is aimed at obstructing Pyongyang’s nuclear and missiles program. “No bank in any country should be used to facilitate Kim Jong Un’s destructive behavior,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told […]