The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning the secretive state's ballistic launch, a diplomat said.
The resolution, which also targets other government entities and individuals linked to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, could be passed by the 15-member council as early as Wednesday.
The United States and China have been negotiating the new measures since North Korea staged its missile launch on December 12.
Despite near universal condemnation of the launch, China has sought to shield North Korea against major new action targeting its ally. The United States, supported by South Korea and Japan, had sought tough new punishment of the North Korean government.
Under a compromise between the two, the new sanctions designations are expected to be added to measures imposed after North Korea staged nuclear weapons tests in 2006 and 2009.
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