22 U.S.C. § 9201: Findings; purposes

has repeatedly violated its commitments to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear weapons programs; and has willfully violated multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for North Korea to cease development, testing, and production of weapons of mass destruction. Based on its past actions, including the transfer of sensitive nuclear and missile technology to state sponsors of terrorism, North Korea poses a grave risk for the proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. prohibited arms sales; narcotics trafficking; the counterfeiting of United States currency; significant activities undermining cybersecurity; and the counterfeiting of intellectual property of United States persons. unilaterally withdrawn from the Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the “Korean War Armistice Agreement”); and by sinking the warship Cheonan and killing 46 of her crew on March 26, 2010 ; by shelling Yeonpyeong Island and killing 4 South Korean civilians on November 23, 2010 ; by its involvement in the “DarkSeoul” cyberattacks against the financial and communications interests of South Korea on March 20, 2013 ; and by planting land mines near a guard post in the South Korean portion of the demilitarized zone that maimed 2 South Korean soldiers on August 4, 2015 . kept in atrocious living conditions with insufficient food, clothing, and medical care; and under constant fear of torture or arbitrary execution. in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), and 2094 (2013); and in gross disregard of the needs of the people of North Korea. aid and abet North Korea’s misuse of the international financial system; and violate the intent of the United Nations Security Council resolutions referred to in paragraph (6)(A). The Government of North Korea has provided technical support and conducted destructive and coercive cyberattacks, including against Sony Pictures Entertainment and other United States persons. the security of the United States and its allies; the global economy; the safety of members of the United States Armed Forces; the integrity of the global financial system; the integrity of global nonproliferation programs; and the people of North Korea. attempts to assassinate defectors and human rights activists; and the shipment of weapons to terrorists and state sponsors of terrorism. to use nonmilitary means to address the crisis described in subsection (a); to provide diplomatic leverage to negotiate necessary changes in the conduct of the Government of North Korea; to ease the suffering of the people of North Korea; and to reaffirm the purposes set forth in section 7802 of this title .