Daesung International Trading, registered in the city of Gimhae in Gyeongsangnam-do Province, became one of the foreign firms subject to restrictions by the United States on February 23.

“We shared information with the United States in advance, the relevant authorities are conducting an investigation,” the Yonhap agency quotes a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

Earlier, the US Department of Commerce announced export restrictions against 93 companies from a number of countries for assisting the Russian Armed Forces and the Russian military-industrial complex.