Ministry raises objections to sanctions on DPRK, China

Beijing said it opposes Washington's use of domestic laws to impose unilateral sanctions and its long-arm jurisdiction on Chinese entities and individuals after Washington announced new sanctions against Pyongyang.

The United States said on Friday it was imposing its largest package of sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

According to the US Treasury Department, the new sanctions target one individual, 27 entities, and 28 vessels located, registered, or flagged in the DPRK, the Chinese mainland, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Marshall Islands, Tanzania, Panama and Comoros.