The North Korean regime acknowledged on Friday that newly imposed sanctions are having a tremendous impact on the isolated communist state.
The sanctions were described by North Korean state media as causing a “humanitarian disaster.”
North Korean soldiers look at South Korea across the Koreand Demilitarized Zone on Dec. 22, 2011. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
Jasper Fakkert
Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Editions
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Jasper Fakkert
Editor-in-Chief, U.S. Editions
Jasper Fakkert is the editor-in-chief of the U.S. editions of The Epoch Times. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and a Master's degree in Journalism. With more than a decade of experience at The Epoch Times, Fakkert has played a key role in expanding the publication’s reach, ensuring readers are provided with independent and insightful news coverage.
