{O/C} {In other news} The U.S. Treasury Department has unveiled a new round of sanctions on North Korea.
This, in response to the North's testing of parts of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile lately.
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The Treasury Department said it is the test launch on March 4 that prompted the U.S. to single out three Russian-based entities that assisted the North in the launches.
The sanctions prevent access to any US assets held by the three companies.
Echoing America's sentiment was South Korea, which yesterday said it detected signs North Korea may have restored some of its tunnels at its nuclear testing ground that were detonated in 2018, weeks ahead of leader Kim Jong-un's first meeting with then-U.S. President Donald Trump.
South Korea urged North Korea to refrain from more provocative acts that could potentially raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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