WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama signed an order Wednesday implementing UN-backed sanctions on North Korea, amid a series of reprisals from Pyongyang.

The White House said Obama had signed an executive order targeting the volatile hermit state’s energy, financial and shipping assets.

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