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U.S. Ends Sanctions on South Korean Company Seven Months Early Over Nonproliferation Law

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • The U.S. State Department decided to end sanctions against South Korean company JS Research, imposed under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act, about seven months after they took effect.
  • The sanctions had initially been set to last two years, but the department did not disclose why it ended them early.
  • The termination notice was published in advance in the U.S. Federal Register and is scheduled for formal publication on the 8th.

The United States will end sanctions against South Korean company JS Research after about seven months, well before the measures’ planned two-year duration.

The State Department decided on August 27 to terminate measures imposed on January 22 against JS Research, its successors, subdivisions and subsidiaries under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The department’s notice was released in advance in the Federal Register on the 4th local time and is scheduled for formal publication on the 8th.

The notice said the United States had decided to end the measures against the South Korean entity, but it did not explain why the sanctions were terminated early. JS Research, founded in 2004, operates in medical and biotechnology equipment.

We decided on August 27 to terminate the measures imposed on January 22 under the Nonproliferation Act against the South Korean entity JS Research Co., Ltd., its successors, subdivisions and subsidiaries.

· U.S. State DepartmentThe department’s notice announcing the early termination of the sanctions.
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