BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China on Monday formally issued an order to implement the latest U.N. sanctions on North Korea, including a ban on all imports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead and seafood.
The order, issued by the Commerce Ministry, becomes effective on Tuesday. The sanctions endorsed unanimously by the U.N. Security Council earlier this month, in response to North Korea's two long-range ballistic missiles, are aimed at slashing its $3 billion annual export revenue by a third.
The order was announced at a time when China has been under pressure from the United States to strictly enforce the sanctions and play a bigger role in reining in North Korea.
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