WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States aims to use new sanctions imposed on North Korea over the cyber attack on Sony Pictures to cut off the country's remaining links to the international financial system, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday.

Daniel Glaser, assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the U.S. Treasury Department, said past sanctions had already discouraged "hundreds" of overseas banks, including China's major commercial banks, from doing business with North Korea.

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This would kill North Korea's already dying economy.

I would not be surprised if the North Korean state collapses within our lifetime. They can only carry on the way they do for so long, and China can only act in a limited capacity to aid them because of international pressure. A reunified Korea would be a great thing, especially for the citizens of the North.