President Trump on Thursday announced plans for new sanctions against North Korea as he struggles to find ways to confront that country's nuclear buildup. After threatening earlier this week to completely destroy North Korea if it uses its nuclear weaponry against U.S. territory or allies, Trump told reporters he was issuing a new executive order adding more sanctions to those that the United States and allies already have imposed. "Do business with the United States ... or the lawless regime" of North Korea, he said. "We seek ... a complete denuclearization of North Korea," the president said. Already, the U.S. and the U.N. have imposed tough economic sanctions against North Korea that eat away at its export income, imports and revenue from workers it sends overseas.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 21, 2017 16:35 UTC