US lifts sanctions on South Korean company accused of Syria dealings seven months early
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- The United States terminated sanctions against South Korean company JS Research and related entities over alleged violations linked to weapons of mass destruction and missile development.
- The measures ended after about seven months, although the original sanction period had been set at two years.
- The decision appeared in a preliminary notice from the US State Department’s official gazette.
The United States has ended sanctions against a South Korean company accused of involvement in transactions with Syria, bringing the measures to a close roughly seven months after they were imposed.
The sanctions had cited violations of the Nonproliferation Act related to weapons of mass destruction and missile development. They had initially been scheduled to remain in place for two years.
A preliminary notice in the US State Department’s official gazette on the seventh said the US government decided on June 27 to terminate the nonproliferation measures imposed on South Korean company JS Research, its successor, subordinate organizations and subsidiaries.
The early termination changes the timetable originally set for the sanctions, which had been expected to continue for another year and five months.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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