FOREIGN POLICY & IMMIGRATION »» EMBARGOS & SANCTIONS »» NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS »» Jan 11, 2021

In violation of signed agreements, North Korea is operating a nuclear reactor to produce weapons-grade plutonium. It is estimated this rogue nation has an arsenal of about 50 nuclear weapons with the ability to manufacture 6-7 more each year. As of 2020, it had carried out at least 147 intermediate-range missile launches and unsuccessfully launched a satellite. Our military believes North Korea has the ability to miniaturize nuclear warheads for missile use. It says Alaska, Hawaii and our West Coast are already within range of these missiles. Pyongyang blames its standoff with the West on the "hostile stance" taken by the United States. Some say North Korea believes our pre-emptive war with Iraq proves its own security can only be ensured with a nuclear deterrent force. It has withdrawn from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, voided the Korean War armistice treaty and threatened nuclear war if its facilities are attacked. China, North Korea