The US Treasury freezes the assets of three North Korean officials following last month's missile tests.
The US and its Asian allies have imposed sanctions on three North Korean senior officials associated with the country's recent missile tests.
North Korea has faced tough sanctions imposed by Western countries for years. Under these new sanctions, all US-based assets of the North Korean officials will be frozen. They will be barred from any transactions with any business or individual in the US. The last missile test happened on 18 November when Japan's defence minister said North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile with enough range to hit the US mainland. It landed in the sea roughly 210km west of Hokkaido, Tokyo said.
The country has become more assertive under Kim Jong-un who has overseen much of the recent development of its weapons programme, and four of the six nuclear tests so far.
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