Un Sharpens Sanctions On North Korea Following December Missile Launch

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UN sharpens sanctions on North Korea following December missile launch < br />

2013-01-24 09:21:22 GMT+7 (ICT)

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Tuesday sharpened its sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and demanded an end to its nuclear and ballistic tests.

The sanctions come as the Council reiterates its condemnation of the DPRK's December 12, 2012 missile launch involving a long-range Unha-3 rocket, which was reported from a site on the country's west coast. According to media reports, it soared over Okinawa, Japan, dropping debris into the sea off the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea and waters near the Philippines.

Immediately afterward, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the test regrettable because it defied a unified and strong call from the international community, beside being a clear violation of a Council resolution, in which the Council demanded that the DPRK not conduct any launch using ballistic missile technology.

In a statement, the UN said among those named as targets of the travel ban and asset freeze of the sanctions regime are officials of the country's missile launch facility and the satellite control center, as well as a banking official involved in the construction of the missile. Companies and committees involved in the launch are also named as subjects to the asset freeze.

In addition, the Council also called on Member States to exercise "enhanced vigilance" in preventing the transfer of funds related to the DPRK's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs. At the same time, it reaffirmed its desire for a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the situation and called for the resumption of the so-called Six Party Talks on the matter.

Ban also called on the DPRK to refrain from taking any measures that could increase tensions on the Korean peninsula, including any further launches that use ballistic missile technology or a nuclear test. He also underlined the importance of dialogue to resolve the issue.

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[jackr]

From the BBC's "North Korea 'plans third nuclear test'"

Settling accounts with the US needs to be done with force, not with words," it added

While I may or may not agree with that statement, I think if one were to go down that path, one should probably arm themselves with more than a firecracker when confronting someone with several hundred million tons' worth of TNT.

[Sing_Sling]

From the BBC's "North Korea 'plans third nuclear test'"

Settling accounts with the US needs to be done with force, not with words," it added

While I may or may not agree with that statement, I think if one were to go down that path, one should probably arm themselves with more than a firecracker when confronting someone with several hundred million tons' worth of TNT.

True, true . . . as can be shown by Afghanistan, Vietnam etc . . .

I doubt very much that N Korea has anything that can harm the US in the US . . . but there are quite a few soldiers just 30 kms away . . . and Seoul isn't much farther.

[baboon]

Impose all the sanctions you want - by rights the DPRK should have collapsed years ago, yet they are going nowhere. These are hardcore, determined people, like it or not.

[Asiantravel]

Impose all the sanctions you want - by rights the DPRK should have collapsed years ago, yet they are going nowhere. These are hardcore, determined people, like it or not.

but .........

[Scott]

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North Korea warns South following U.S. threat < br />

2013-01-26 09:08:20 GMT+7 (ICT)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) -- North Korea on Friday threatened its neighboring South Korea, just one day after calling the United States its 'archenemy,' local media reported.

According to the Korean Central News Agency, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it would take "physical countermeasures" against South Korea if it directly participates in the United Nations' recent sanctions against the country.

In the statement, DPRK hinted taking military action and called off any talks of denuclearization, as it would not open negotiations due to the sanctions and the south's "hostile" policy against the DPRK.

On Thursday, the DPRK - which is led by 30-year-old Kim Jong Un, who took over the country after the death of his father Kim Jong Il just over a year ago - described the U.S. as its "archenemy" and warned that its high-level nuclear tests, along with its long-range rockets, are targeting the U.S.

In addition, the DPRK said the U.S.' criticism to its satellite launching clearly proves "that the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK has entered a new dangerous phase."

Among U.S. officials who reacted against the statement were White House Press Secretary Jay Carney who described the statement as "needlessly provocative," while Leon Panetta, the U.S. Defense Secretary, said the country was fully prepared for any possible scenario, although expressing concern.

The recent sharpening of sanctions by the UN came as the Council reiterated its condemnation of the DPRK's December 12, 2012 missile launch involving a long-range Unha-3 rocket, which was reported from a site on the country's west coast. According to media reports, it soared over Okinawa, Japan, dropping debris into the sea off the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea and waters near the Philippines.

The UN said among those named as targets of the travel ban and asset freeze of the sanctions regime are officials of the country's missile launch facility and the satellite control center, as well as a banking official involved in the construction of the missile. Companies and committees involved in the launch are also named as subjects to the asset freeze.

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[Sing_Sling]

Impose all the sanctions you want - by rights the DPRK should have collapsed years ago, yet they are going nowhere. These are hardcore, determined people, like it or not.

but .........

But . . . not much. No different to China where the buildings look very impressive but once you are inside there are walls missing, no toilet doors . . . no toilets . . . one out of ten lifts working etc....

[uptheos]

We have to stop KJU.....having to have one of those haircuts would be a fate worse than death.

[jackr]

I think they're better off just completely ignoring them... all this attention-seeking bravado is because they're after something. Let em do what they want (the polar icecaps will have melted by the time they get a warhead together anyway) and, if they decide to take back SK... well that wouldn't be such a bad thing would it?... apart from a mass exodus of noisy door-slammers to these shores of course.