U.S. sanctions 3 people following string of North Korean missile launches

People watch a TV news program reporting on North Korea test-firing a newly developed tactical guided weapon on April 17, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. The United States and its Asian allies flew dozens of fighter jets over waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a show of force as their diplomats discussed a coordinated response to a possibly imminent North Korean nuclear test.

Three people are being punished for their work in developing weapons of mass destruction and missile related programs for North Korea.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's development of weapons of mass destruction was one of the major roles played by the Workers' Party of Korea officials. The officials personally attended numerous missile launches in the last year.

South Korea and Japan were included in the sanctions. In April, the European Union took a similar action.

The recent launches demonstrate the need for all countries to implement the UN Security Council resolutions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The sanctions have been imposed on North Korea. In the first half of the year, North Korea has launched eight intercontinental missiles and conducted 60 missile tests.

Multiple missiles were fired by North Korea. It took one of them 2,800 miles to put the U.S. territory of Guam within its path.

Jake Sullivan, the White House's national security adviser, called his Japanese and South Korean counterparts after the test. According to a White House readout of the call, President Joe Biden condemned the missile test in a phone call with the Prime Minister of Japan.

The first missile test over Japan in five years was answered with missiles from the US and South Korea. The missiles were launched into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

The state conducted its most powerful nuclear test, launched its first ever intercontinental missile and threatened to send missiles into the waters near Guam.

More than 100 missiles and four nuclear weapons tests have been conducted by Kim since 2011.