All posts tagged "arms"

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    Korea world’s biggest arms importer

    By Rachel Lee South Korea was the world’s biggest arms importer last year, according to a U.S. congressional study on the global arms trade. The Congressional Research Service annual report shows that the government bought arms and...

    • Posted December 30, 2015
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  • North Korea displays road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles, known as the KN-08, with round warheads during a military parade on Oct. 10, 2015, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party. (Yonhap)
    US Treasury blacklists more N. Koreans linked to arms dealing

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has blacklisted six North Korean banking representatives and three shipping companies in the latest effort to target through sanctions the isolated nation’s weapons proliferation. The targets include a Russia-based representative of...

    • Posted December 8, 2015
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