UN imposes sanctions on 3 N. Korean companies

The UN Security Council ordered all countries Wednesday to freeze the assets of three North Korean state-owned companies to punish Pyongyang for its failed rocket launch last month.

The three sanctioned companies – Green Pine Associated Corporation, the Amroggang Development Banking Corporation and The Korea Heungjin Trading Company – are all involved in financing, exporting and procuring weapons, the UN Mission to the UN said in a statement. (AP)