European Union imposes fresh sanctions on North Korea

European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea as part of international efforts to punish the pariah regime for its nuclear and ballistic weapons programmes. 

Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday signed off a new package of measures including a ban on investments in North Korea and on EU exports of oil to



Pyongyang. 

They also tightened the restrictions on North Korean workers in the EU to try to stop money being sent home that could be used to fund the disputed weapons programmes.The EU said the new steps were taken in view of the persistent threat to international peace and stability posed by Kim Jong-Un's regime.