US sanctions 3 N.Korean officials for suspected rights abuses
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three North Korea officials, including a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing "ongoing and serious human rights abuses and censorship," the US Treasury Department said on Monday.
The sanctions "shine a spotlight on North Korea's reprehensible treatment of those in North Korea, and serve as a reminder of North Korea's brutal treatment of US citizen Otto Warmbier," the department said in a statement.
