Washington Post | Oil will keep flowing, but UN sanctions hit North Korea hard Washington Post TOKYO — North Korea will be feeling the pain of new United Nations sanctions targeting some of its biggest remaining foreign revenue streams. But the Security Council eased off the biggest target of all: the oil the North needs to stay alive, and to ... UN security council approves North Korea oil, products sanctions UN Approves New North Korea Sanctions, Stopping Short of Oil Embargo North Korea sanctions: US drops oil embargo and naval blockade proposals |