"Sanctions" in international speak, as the article says,
US Sanctions 7 North Korean Officials for Rights Abuses The sanctions freeze their U.S. property and interests. U.S. citizens are generally barred from doing business with the seven North Koreans and the agencies.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on seven North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un's sister, for what it calls the the North's "ongoing and serious human rights abuses and censorship activities."
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Those sanctioned include Kim Yo Jong - Kim Jong Un's younger sister and the deputy head of North Korea's propaganda agency, which is primarily responsible for media censorship, and State Security Minister Kim Won Hong, whose ministry allegedly engages in torture, beatings, starvation, sexual assault and the murder of babies inside prison camps.
Source:
http://www.voanews.com/a/us-slaps-sanctons-on-7-north-koreans-2-dprk-entities/3672360.htmlIf all that is true, oh dear.
