In the face of injustices inflicted by the North Korean government, new sanctions ordered by President Barack Obama’s administration offer increased potential for peace talks between American and North Korean leaders.
On July 6, a report issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control revealed that sanctions had been placed on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and 14 other government officials who are responsible for severe human rights violations. According to the report, the sanctioned individuals are responsible for keeping approximately 100,000 citizens in prison camps where “torture, execution, sexual assault, starvation, slave labor, and other cruel extrajudicial punishment” take place.
The sanctions serve as necessary punishment for the cruelties that these 15 individuals have inflicted on their own people, as well as their refusal to discontinue their precarious nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs.
Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/world/case-sanctions-against-north-korea
