Japan to expand sanctions on North Korea over missile tests

Japan said Tuesday it has decided to impose additional sanctions on North Korea by freezing the assets of five more organizations over their involvement in the country's nuclear and missile development programs.The new measures were approved at a Cabinet meeting following North Korea's repeated test-firings of ballistic missiles since late September including the Oct. 4 launch of a ballistic missile that flew over the Japanese archipelago for the first time in five years.The five organizations include North Korea's Ministry of Rocket Industry and four trading firms, the Foreign Ministry sai…READ FULL ARTICLE