The young despot is banned from selling textiles and faces limits on oil imports, potentially ruining his capacity to trade with other countries and bankrupting the secretive state.
And ships found near the peninsula will face searches for contraband, stopping anybody undercutting the new sanctions.
Donald Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley said: “We are done trying to prod North Korea to do the right thing.
“We are now acting to stop it doing the right thing.”
She added Pyongyang has “not yet passed the point of no return.”

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Mrs Haley said: “If it agrees to stop its nuclear program, it can reclaim its future.
“If it proves it can live in peace, the world will live in peace with it,”
And the UN ambassador claimed the sanctions were a result of the actions of dealmaker in chief Donald Trump and his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
She added: ”Today’s resolution would not have happened without the strong relationship that has developed between President Trump and Chinese President Xi.”
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