On June 23, 2017, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of June 21, 2017 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea, which extends for an additional year the national emergency first declared in Executive Order (EO) 13466 on June 26, 2008 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula.
The national emergency was extended and expanded in EO 13551 (August 30, 2010), EO 13570 (April 18, 2011), EO 13687 (January 2, 2015) and EO 13722 (March 15, 2016). The national emergency is being extended for an additional year because the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
