; 22 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.) authorizes sanctions in response to North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and ballistic missiles, and its human rights abuses. United States law also specifies the conditions under which sanctions may be removed or waived, including that North Korea takes meaningful and verifiable actions toward denuclearization and addresses human rights concerns. (5) International economic and diplomatic sanctions applied since the passage of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016, including by the United States and the United Nations, when enforced, have intensified pressure on North Korea and degraded North Korea’s ability to advance it’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. (6) The United States has applied sanctions against North Korean individuals and entities, including on Kim Jong Un, for their complicity in human rights abuses against the North Korean people and citizens of other countries, including the United States, South Korea, and Japan. (7) For decades, the Government of North Korea has failed to live up to its diplomatic commitments, rejecting good faith efforts by United States and international negotiators, and leveraging talks to extract concessions such as sanctions relief. (8) On January 1, 2018, in a New Year’s Day address, Kim Jong Un signaled an interest in undertaking diplomatic engagement, which led to direct bilateral talks between Kim Jong Un and the leaders of the South Korea, China, and the United States. (9) On April 22, 2018, Kim Jong Un asserted that North Korea had completed its quest for nuclear weapons, stating that under the proven condition of complete nuclear weapons, we no longer need any nuclear tests, mid-range and intercontinental ballistic rocket tests, and that the nuclear test site in northern area has also completed its mission . (10) The Panmunjom Declaration released following the Inter-Korean summit meeting on April 27, 2018, and the joint declaration by President Trump and Kim Jong Un at the June