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Business Matters: US Hits Russian and Chinese Companies Over North Korea

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US Hits Chinese and Russian Companies Over North Korea

23/08/2017 GMT

US Hits Russian and Chinese Companies Over North Korea

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US Hits Russian and Chinese Companies Over North Korea

Number of firms and people accused of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

Washington imposed sanctions on a number of Russian and Chinese companies and individuals it accused of helping North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. A Chinese official condemned the move as a mistake which should immediately be corrected. Theresa Fallon - Director of the Centre for Russia, Europe and Asia Studies in Brussels, has told us more.
Hunting is a big sport in America - but it has its critics. During the Obama administration, restrictions were placed on some aspects of hunting in Alaska's wildlife refuges - including hunting bears when they're hibernating and shooting their cubs. But those restrictions have been scrapped by the new administration. We have a report from the mountains of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.
You don't have to be hip to mourn the passing of the Village Voice - at least in its printed form. From time to time in recent years, we've reported on the closure of several American papers with distinguished records in their home states - including the Rocky Mountain News and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Voice - like other alternative weeklies - was always likely to struggle in the internet age. Lukas Alpert, media reporter at the Wall Street Journal, has explained its significance.
Fergus Nicoll is joined by Jyoti Malhotra, Consulting Editor at the Indian Express, is in Delhi and Nancy Marshall-Genzer of Marketplace in Washington DC.

(Photo: Kim Yong-un, leader of North Korea, Getty Images)

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