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UN Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea

23/12/2017 GMT

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United Nation votes to impose new sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea. With Russia supporting the measure, how will this affect the 30,000 North Korean guest workers in the country? 

What next for Catalonia; and the Czech Republic’s traditional Christmas carp craze. 

(Image: People walk in the snow in front of giant portraits of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (left) and his son Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on 20th December 2017. Credit: Kyodo News/Getty Images)

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