The United States has done the same thing again, announcing sanctions against 8 individuals and 1 entity in North Korea on November 30, local time, followed by Australia, Japan, and South Korea also announcing sanctions against North Korea.
Sanctions have become Xi for North Korea. In 2008, then-George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13466, declaring a national emergency in view of the "threat" posed by North Korea. Since then, in late June of each year, the then U.S.** has extended the validity of the executive order. So far, not only have the sanctions not been lifted, but more and more names have been applied, and some of its allies have also joined the sanctions against the DPRK, especially Australia, Japan, South Korea, and other small followers of the United States. The impact of so many years of sanctions on the DPRK's economic and social development is undoubtedly enormous. But North Korea has not fallen because of sanctions, on the contrary, the domestic politics are more stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the whole country is more united. Not only that, due to its practice of the Songun politics, its national defense construction has made steady progress, especially some high-end equipment, such as rockets, missiles, reconnaissance satellites, and nuclear weapons, and so on, have made enviable achievements. The successful development and equipping of these high-end ** troops, in turn, stimulated countries such as the United States and South Korea, making them feel threatened all the time and everywhere. Therefore, they had no choice but to conduct frequent military exercises around the peninsula to embolden themselves.
Sanctions don't seem to be doing much, so why do it?The first is to warn the DPRK. After the DPRK leader's visit to Russia, the progress of all-round cooperation between Russia and the DPRK has been continuously accelerated, and the economic and trade exchanges between the two sides are highly complementary; in particular, the DPRK's military production is not only highly efficient, but also of reliable quality, and these can solve Russia's urgent needs, and the United States is naturally annoyed by the mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and the DPRK. The second is to remind China and give China "eye medicine". The United States and South Korea believe that North Korea is still alive and well in the face of the most severe sanctions in history, and it is inseparable from China. Therefore, "besieging" the DPRK is also trying to knock China. However, China has remained silent about the sanctions imposed on the four countries because they have limited effect on both North Korea and China, and China and North Korea have long understood the lesson. The more you do this kind of detrimental behavior that harms others and is not beneficial to yourself, the more it can show its hegemonic and bullying nature. Let it be fully exposed to the peoples of the world.