US Senate Voted for Sanctions Against North Korea

The US Senate has voted unanimously for sanctions against North Korea, after the country’s recent nuclear and rocket tests.

Sanction  targets anyone who directly or indirectly helps Pyongyang’s weapons development or human rights abuses.

On Thursday, South Korean workers started withdrawing from the industrial park jointly run by the two Koreas.

It comes after South Korea suspended its operations at the Kaesong industrial park on Wednesday.

Seoul said the North was using its investment “to fund its nuclear and missile development”.

Kaesong is the last remaining point of co-operation between the two Koreas and a vital source of cash for the North.

The draft legislation also sanctions the sale of luxury goods and technology that might undermine US cyber security.

The House of Representatives earlier passed a similar bill. The two will now have to be reconciled with a final measure needing President Barack Obama’s sign-off.