{"id":48922,"date":"2017-10-26T06:51:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=48922"},"modified":"2017-10-26T06:51:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:51:50","slug":"us-imposes-toughest-sanctions-yet-to-end-north-koreas-nuclear-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/us-imposes-toughest-sanctions-yet-to-end-north-koreas-nuclear-ambitions.html","title":{"rendered":"US imposes toughest sanctions yet to END North Korea&#8217;s nuclear ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">US imposes toughest sanctions yet to END North Korea&#8217;s nuclear ambitions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">US imposes toughest sanctions yet to END North Korea&#8217;s nuclear ambitions:- The bill passed by Congress also honours US student Otto Warmbier who died following his detention by Kim Jong-un\u2019s regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Republican representative Kevin McCarthy said: \u201dI do want it noted that the North Korean sanction legislation &#8212; 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