U.S. sanctions North Korean leader for first time over human rights abuses

"Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea continues to inflict intolerable cruelty and hardship on millions of its own people, including extrajudicial killings, forced labor, and torture," Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam J. Szubin said in a statement announcing the new action.

"As a result of today's actions, any property or interest in property of those designated by (Office of Foreign Assets Control) within U.S. jurisdiction is frozen," the Treasury Department said. "Additionally, transactions by U.S. persons involving the designated persons are generally prohibited."

A lot of international financial institutions similarly avoid those designated on these types of sanctions list so they can do business with U.S. institutions.

North Korea on Thursday lashed out at the move, calling it an "open declaration of war against DPRK" and "the worst crime that can never be pardoned," according to state news agency KCNA.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/06/politics/north-korea-kim-jong-un-human-rights/index.html

M'Kay

Yanno I can just see Kim throwing a massive temper tantrum with spittle flying and peons scurrying to and fro.

I wonder how much the treasury dept actually knows.