We're Not Backing Down

US President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday authorizing the imposition of new sanctions against certain North Korean entities in the wake of the recent Sony hack the White House continues to blame on Pyongyang.

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Friday’s announcement concerns three businesses the White House regards as “being controlled entities of the Government of North Korea,” as well as ten officials of the North Korean government, including three employees of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation, or KOMID — “North Korea’s primary arms dealer and main exporter of goods and equipment related to ballistic missiles and conventional weapons,” according to the White House.

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Per the Treasury's orders, the sanctions prohibit the targeted persons and companies from engaging in transactions with Americans or accessing the US financial system.

  RT

Had they been?

According to Reuters, however, senior administration officials said the announcing of new sanctions was not directly linked to the Sony hack, and that the three non-person entities had previously been targeted by the US Treasury over nuclear energy development and suspected weapons proliferation.

Always leave yourself an out.