Suga, the top government spokesman, said Japan hopes the council will swiftly adopt a new resolution to impose “strong” sanctions on North Korea.
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North Korea launched a cyberattack against South Korea in July 2009, two months after its second nuclear test. It also hacked South Korean media organizations in March 2013, a month after its third nuclear test.
The measures are “extremely harsh”, showing “our determination to deal with North Korea under the principle of “dialogue and pressure” and ‘action for action, ‘ ” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference following the Cabinet approval, adding that the sanctions will be swiftly implemented.
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman criticized Indonesia’s “mild” stance and inconsistent approach when dealing with Pyongyang.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a North Korea sanctions bill that Congress overwhelmingly passed last week in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and long-range rocket tests, The Korea Herald reported.
“This does not mean North Korea has been re-listed”.
“The advance toward space… is the DPRK’s (North Korea’s) strategic goal”, he said.
Since the launch of the Kwangmyongson-4 satellite, which was viewed by many as a test of banned missile technology, the United States and South Korea have been discussing how best to respond.
Indonesia is one of the very few countries that maintains cordial relations with North Korea despite global sanctions and isolation of the country.
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“This section requires the President to study the feasibility of bringing unmonitored and cheap cellular and internet communications to the people of North Korea, to break the information blockade the regime has imposed on its own population”, the new bill’s summary reads, though Stanton believes the exact contents of such a program would remain classified. “We think it is impossible to resolve any hotspot issues through simple sanctions or pressuring”.
