The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a new sanctions resolution that targets nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum product exports to North Korea and demands the repatriation of North Koreans working abroad.
The new measure came in response to Pyongyang's test-firing last month of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile it claims could carry a heavy warhead and strike anywhere in the United States.
"It sends the unambiguous message to Pyongyang that further defiance will invite further punishment and isolation," said U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley after the 15-0 vote.