Tuesday, March 28

S.Korea bans exports of strategic items to Russia, join SWIFT sanctions


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SEOUL — South Korea has decided to tighten

export controls against Russia by banning exports of strategic

items, and join Western countries’ moves to block some Russian

banks from the SWIFT international payments system, Seoul’s

foreign ministry said on Monday.

(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin and Joyce Lee; Editing by Christian

Schmollinger)



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