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Friday's action targeted two Singapore-registered companies and
a Marshall Islands-registered company, the U.S. Treasury
Department said in a statement, as Washington seeks to hold
North Korea accountable for ship-to-ship transfers that
circumvent United Nations sanctions on the country.
“The DPRK’s (North Korea's) long-range ballistic missile
launches, including over Japan, demonstrate a continued
disregard for United Nations Security Council resolutions,” the
Treasury's Brian Nelson, Under Secretary for Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence, said in the statement.
“The United States will continue to enforce multilateral
sanctions and pursue the DPRK’s sanctions evasion efforts
worldwide, including by designating those who support these
activities.”
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the
sea on Thursday in the direction of Japan, after the return of a
U.S. aircraft carrier to the region and a U.N. Security Council
meeting in response to the North's recent launches.
The missile launch was the sixth in 12 days and the first since
North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile (IRBM) over
Japan on Tuesday, which prompted joint South Korean and U.S.
missile drills during which one weapon crashed and burned.
The Treasury said it imposed sanctions on Singapore-based Kwek
Kee Seng, Taiwan-based Chen Shih Huan and Marshall
Islands-registered company New Eastern Shipping Co Ltd, accusing
them of being involved in the ownership or management of a
vessel that has participated in several deliveries of refined
petroleum to North Korea.
Also designated were Singapore-registered Anfasar Trading (S)
Pte. Ltd. and Singapore- registered Swanseas Port Services Pte.
Ltd.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis)
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