Tillerson says more financial sanctions against N. Korea are possible
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the United States may target additional financial sanctions with sanctions following North Korea's latest intercontinental missile launch.
Tillerson is speaking in Washington during a meeting with the visiting crown prince of Bahrain. He says the US has a "long list of additional potential sanctions."
Tillerson isn't specifying what financial institutions could be hit with sanctions. But he says the United States will be announcing the sanctions once they're "ready to roll out." His comments come after President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that more sanctions were coming.
Tillerson says he's not giving up on the diplomatic effort to resolve concerns about North Korea's nuclear weapons program peacefully. He says that "we keep working at it every day."
