Keep Hearing About Them, But Not Sure What They Are?

Question

I keep seeing questions about the U.S. putting sanctions on N.Korea or Iran, and I was just wondering exactly what that means? Sanctions are kind of like rules right? So, does this mean that the U.S. is giving them rules as far as their nuclear weapons go? If that's the case, how can they do that? Also, do Iran and N.Korea have to obey these sanctions? Does the U.S. have the right to impose them? If anyone could explain how the process works, i'd appreciate it, thanks.

Answer 1

Basically sanctions to n korea are trying to strangle its economy by controlling and smothering attempts at importation, and exportation of any product to and from North Korea with the rest of the free world. This method is basically saying to them, if you dont do what we say(which is get rid of nuclear weapon tech), we will make you a piss poor country.

Answer 2

There not quit rules in the strict sense. The sanctions imposed would be something like a sanction against exporting goods and services to N. Korea or a sanction against imports from N. Korea. They sound similar but a sanction is broader and more restrictive while a rule is narrowly defined and is easily ignored.

Answer 3

Sanction = penalty or obstacle. In this case, the sanctions run along these lines: Until the DPRK (North Korea) gets into line, the import of certain goods will be restricted. The current thinking is that luxury goods will be banned for import to the DPRK. This will hurt their crazy leader and the elite, but not the common person. The common person can't take much more.

Answer 4

Sanctions refers to stopping the import or export of goods or money to and from a country. Korea and Iran would be in horrible shape if the UN countries did this because both are very dependent on goods and money from other parts of the world and neither has a great diversity of resources to offer the world or sustain their country.

Answer 5

Sanctions involving countries:

International sanctions, punitive measures adopted by a country or group of countries against another nation for political reasons
Diplomatic sanctions, the reduction or removal of diplomatic ties, such as embassies
Economic sanctions, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors such as armaments, or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine)
Military sanctions, military intervention
Trade sanctions, economic sanctions applied for non-political reasons, typically as part of a trade dispute, or for purely economic reasons, and typically involving tariffs or similar measures, rather than bans.
Other meanings:

In a legal context, sanctions are penalties imposed by the courts.
In a sociology context, sanction may refer to social control.

Answer 6

The US isn't doing anything to N.Korea. We won't even talk to them one on one. It's the UN that is putting sanctions on N.Korea.

Answer 7

Sanctions are penalties. In this case, it would mean no shipping of certain products and goods into N. Korea, and no buying of their exports.

Answer 8

Well, certain countries signed a Nuclear Weapons act stating they won't use or test such weapons.

I am assuming N. Korea is one of them and its not just the us telling them no it the rest of the world.

Imagin what would happen if a country had weapons like that and planned to bomb your town. It doesn't sound fun. I think the world needs to start living as a world and stop living as indevidual countries. we are all one. Lets start living like it!

Answer 9

Sanctions means trade sanctions, that is stopping any trade with them.

Answer 10

every country has the right to protect the sovereign! north Korea has the right to have missiles! US is against it because they are not getting profit from it! and besides north Korean govt should channel its focus on the poverty issues in their country!