; (3) to encourage all nations to deny North Korea the right to maintain diplomatic missions on foreign soil until such time as the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea takes credible and verifiable steps toward denuclearization; (4) to encourage all nations to fully implement and enforce United Nations sanctions commitments with respect to North Korea, including ending the practice of hosting overseas North Korean workers; (5) to increase the effectiveness of United States sanctions by seeking to work through the United Nations and with other like-minded countries to ensure a multilateral approach to sanctions; (6) to provide unmistakable assurance to Japan and the Republic of Korea, including through extended deterrence commitments and the presence of forward-deployed United States military forces, that the United States is committed to fulfilling its treaty obligations if they are attacked; (7) to provide support for North Korean refugees and asylum seekers in accordance with United States law; (8) to promote the human rights and dignity of the North Korean people, including through the United Nations and other multilateral institutions; and (9) to seek opportunities for humanitarian actions, such as family reunification and the return of human remains. (c) Economic pressure It is the policy of the United States to sustain and calibrate economic pressure on North Korea until the regime undertakes meaningful and verifiable actions toward denuclearization, including by— (1) encouraging all nations to robustly implement and enforce existing United Nations sanctions; (2) leveraging the strength of the United States financial system to deny access by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and those with whom such government facilitates illicit financial transactions to the United States and global markets, including through the use of secondary sanctions