– US To Propose Watered Down North Korea Sanctions To Appease China And Russia:
In the latest indication that the US is desperate to reach a diplomatic compromise over North Korea, even if it means appeasing Beijing and Moscow, Reuters reports that while the UN is set to vote on Monday afternoon on a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea, the new draft no longer proposes blacklisting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, while also dropping a proposed oil embargo.
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