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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) April 4, 2022
The United States plans to introduce a new resolution in the UN Security Council in response to North Korea's most recent ballistic missile tests, Washington's special envoy for North Korean affairs said Monday. The tests, which included launching an intercontinental ballistic missile last month that could conceivably strike deep inside the United States, are "clear violations of multiple UN Security Council resolutions," said Sung Kim, the US Special Representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "We must work together to come up with a decisive response to DPRK's provocative behavior," Kim said, calling the launches "escalatory behavior." Kim was speaking as he met in Washington with South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Noh Kyu-duk. On March 24 Pyongyang launched its most powerful missile yet, an ICBM that has the potential of delivering a nuclear weapon to the US east coast. The test launch was one of a series over the past year and underscored North Korea's refusal to engage in talks with other countries over limiting its nuclear threat, despite the heavy economic sanctions on the country. Washington has meanwhile failed to persuade China and Russia to support intensified UN sanctions on North Korea. "We remain open to diplomacy, but it really is up to Pyongyang to decide the path forward," Kim said.
Fresh Japan sanctions on North Korea after ICBM launch Tokyo (AFP) April 1, 2022 Japan's government on Friday approved fresh sanctions against North Korea over its recent test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile, following Washington's calls for tougher international punishment for the nuclear-armed state. Japan already has bans on trade and vessel entries as part of unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang, but said Friday it would "designate four groups and nine individuals involved in nuclear and missile development." The entities and individuals would be "subje ... read more
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