U.N. Security Council slaps new sanctions on Pyongyang

The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its Nov. 29 intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed harsh new sanctions on North Korea on Friday.
The sanctions aim to punish the the isolated country's struggling economy, and force it to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.
U.S. ENVOY TO THE UNITED NATIONS NIKKI HALEY, SAYING: "Today for the tenth time, this council stands united against the North Korean regime, that rejects the pursuit of peace. The Kim regime continues to defy the resolutions of this council."
North Korea on Nov. 29 said it successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile in a "breakthrough" that puts the U.S. mainland within range of its nuclear weapons.
Tensions have been rising over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
The U.S. and other world powers have made clear they are seeking a diplomatic solution.
They hope tougher sanctions will ratchet up pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
China, which supplies most of North Korea's oil, has backed successive rounds of U.N. sanctions but had, in the past, resisted U.S. calls to cut off supplies to its neighbour.