SEOUL (Reuters) -&nbsp;South&nbsp;Korea&nbsp;on Wednesday announced new&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;on two individuals and two entities&nbsp;over&nbsp;their alleged involvement in North&nbsp;Korea's&nbsp;weapons&nbsp;programmes, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
The&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;target Choi Chon Gon, a former&nbsp;South&nbsp;Korean&nbsp;national&nbsp;who acquired&nbsp;Russian&nbsp;citizenship, two companies Choi owns and a North&nbsp;Korean who supported Choi, the ministry said.
Choi is accused of helping North&nbsp;Korea's illegal financial activities in violation of United Nations Security Council&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;after acquiring&nbsp;Russian&nbsp;citizenship.
"It marks the first time our government has imposed unilateral&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;on an individual of&nbsp;Korean descent," the ministry said in a statement.
Reuters was unable to immediately reach Choi for comment.
Nuclear-armed North&nbsp;Korea&nbsp;has been testing various&nbsp;weapons&nbsp;including its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile, ramping up tension with Seoul and the&nbsp;South's main ally, the United States.
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(Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Ed Davies)

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