China, Russia veto U.S.-led push for North Korea sanctions – By Thomas Maresca (UPI) / May 27, 2022
SEOUL, May 27 (UPI) — China and Russia shut down a U.S.-led U.N. Security Council resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea over its ballistic missile launches, highlighting a widening geopolitical divide that Washington’s envoy warned would “embolden” the nuclear-armed regime.
The vote was held on Thursday, a day after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles, including one that South Korea’s military said was likely an ICBM, in its latest round of weapons tests
The 15-member Security Council voted 13-2 in favor of the sanctions, which aimed to ban tobacco and reduce oil exports to North Korea as well as freeze the assets of the Lazarus Group hackers.
