Ordinary people set to suffer from curbs on petroleum imports Nation using ship-to-ship transfers to access oil products: UN The United Nation’s latest sanctions on North Korea are more likely to hurt ordinary people in the isolated nation than slow Kim Jong-Un’s push to develop missiles capable of hitting the U.S. with nuclear weapons. The UN Security Council unanimously approved new steps on Friday targeting North Korea’s economy following last month’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The new restrictions are meant to slash imports of refined petroleum products such as diesel and kerosene by almost 90 percent from January, as well as further restrict shipping and impose a 24-month deadline for expatriate North Korean workers to be sent home. “The likeliest impact on the deeper cuts in petroleum products will be on sectors nonessential to the survival of the regime,” Paul Musgrave, assistant professor at the University of […]