U.S. slaps additional N. Korea, Iran-related sanctions

US-N Korea sanctions

U.S. slaps additional N. Korea, Iran-related sanctions

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced additional North Korea and Iran-related sanctions on Wednesday, after Pyongyang's space rocket launch last week and tensions with the Islamic republic over Tehran-backed militants' attacks in the Middle East.

The department added Sinbad.io -- a cryptocurrency mixer thought to be linked to Lazarus, a North Korean hacker group -- and other individuals and entities to its sanctions list, according to its website.

The designations came after Pyongyang launched a space rocket to put a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit last week. Seoul and Washington view the launch as a violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions banning any launch using ballistic missile technology.

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