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UN Targets Oil in Fresh Sanctions Against North Korea

United Nations Security Council votes unanimously for tough new sanctions

Pyongyang's oil imports will be cut by up to 90% in a move designed to choke off vital fuel supplies to its missile and nuclear programmes. But after nine rounds of sanctions, will this tenth package make a difference?

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(Picture: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivers a speech in Pyongyang. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Sat 23 Dec 2017 01:06GMT

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