UNITED NATIONS — North Korea is facing a new round of sanctions, after the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the decision on Monday. <br /> <br />The New York Times reports that in the wake of the North Korean regime's latest and largest nuclear weapons test on September 3, the UN adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution aimed at preventing the country from fueling and funding its weapons program. <br /> <br />The resolution will restrict oil imports into the North by prohibiting the sale of natural gas and setting a 2-million-barrel-a-year cap on petroleum products. <br /> <br />There will be a ban on textile exports, which are North Korea's second-biggest exports, earning the country nearly $760 million in 2016. <br /> <br />New measures will also be put in place to prohibit North Koreans from working overseas, cutting off the $500 million in revenue generated by heavily taxing 93,000 citizens sent abroad to work. <br /> <br />The original resolution pushed for a full oil embargo, and included an asset freeze and travel ban for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. These were removed after negotiations between the U.S. and China.
