US sanctions facilitators of payments between Russia, N. Korea
Voice of America
FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu in this photo from Korea's state news agency on Sept. 14, 2024. On Sept. 19, the U.S. targeted five banks and one person for helping the two nations dodge financial sanctions.
The U.S. State and Treasury departments announced new sanctions Thursday on five groups and one person said to be involved in illicit payment mechanisms between Russia and North Korea.
A woman tea plantation worker plucks tea leaves at an estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Tea plantation worker Adaraja Ali Rani leaves her living quarters to pluck tea tips in Spring Valley estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Sep. 10, 2024. Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, right, bathes her younger daughter Madubhashini, as her elder daughter Shalani, center, stands at the doorway of their small house in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Sept. 9, 2024.