“We have not seen North Korea demonstrate capability to miniaturize a nuclear weapon and again, put it on a ballistic missile”, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said at a briefing.
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The new sanctions are aimed at stopping North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs by limiting its exports and inspecting all cargo coming in and out of the country.
President Obama signed a new executive order Tuesday implementing sanctions against North Korea.
Loony leader Kim Jong-un has placed the planet on the brink of World War 3 by claiming he has rockets capable of reaching America and that he is ready to use them when he feels like it.
“Should there be an additional nuclear test or long-range missile launch-class provocation, it will automatically be referred to the UNSC in line with the existing so-called trigger clause, and I believe it would nearly automatically adopt a resolution further tightening sanctions”, Oh said at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Seoul.
Russian energy firm Gazprom announced Monday that it had halted cooperation with North Korea, also in response to the Security Council resolution, according to Russian media.
Tensions between North Korea and USA were already high after the North sentenced an American student to 15 years of hard labor on Wednesday over claims of severe crimes against the country.
The dictatorship provoked further anger with a rocket launch earlier this month – which the West claims used banned ballistic missile technology – despite assertions from North Korea it was merely a peaceful satellite launch.
North Korea has responded defiantly to the United Nations sanctions, which are more robust than any imposed in decades.
As per official any property of the North Korean government in the United States has been freezed and exportation of merchandise from the United States to North Korea is prohibited. They allow the Treasury and State departments to target North Korean officials, industries and trade, as well as those who deal with them.
Washington’s unilateral measures follow a series of tough sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council on Pyongyang earlier this month.
Richardson has gone to North Korea several times in recent years to secure freedom for jailed Americans.
It additionally permits the United States government to blacklist any people, regardless of whether they are USA natives, who manage significant parts of North Korea’s economy.
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The sanctions seeks to block Pyongyang’s estimated $2.2-3.3 billion in earnings from exported labour and minerals, reports South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
