It was the first-ever public split in the Security Council over sanctions against the DPRK since 2006, when the first restrictive measures were imposed on Pyongyang.

The remaining 13 members of the UN Security Council supported the resolution developed by the United States.

It proposed a ban on oil and tobacco exports to North Korea - North Korean leader

Kim Jong Un

is a heavy smoker.

In addition, it was proposed to include in the sanctions list the hacker group Lazarus, which, according to the United States, is associated with North Korea.

  • The vote came the day after North Korea launched three missiles, including its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile to date.

  • Over the past 16 years, the UN Security Council has repeatedly tightened sanctions to stop funding North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

    The last time international sanctions against Pyongyang were extended was in 2017.