The nuclear test is just one of the occassions when South Korea had unsettling relations with the Northern counterpart.
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“We are not thinking about extreme circumstances yet”, she said.
“This bill will help cut off Kim Jong-un’s access to the cash he needs to fund his army, his weapons and the continued repression of the North Korean people”, the congressman said.
South Korea will continue broadcasting propaganda directed at North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye said Wednesday.
North Korea’s nuclear test is not only a “grave provocation and serious threat” to South Korea, but also an unacceptable challenge to peace and security in North-east Asia and the world, said Ms Park during her televised annual national address on Wednesday morning.
Dong told the newspaper that he is “afraid that the proposed sanctions may be too strict, as some countries may have added their “self-interest” to them”.
“The scientists and technicians of the DPRK are in high spirit to detonate H-bombs … capable of wiping out the whole territory of the USA all at once”, North Korean KCNA news agency said.
Park defended her decision to resume anti-Kim Jong Un loudspeaker broadcasts along the border against charges that they are ineffective or overly provocative.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry couldn’t immediately confirm the report. Park on Wednesday urged North Korea’s only major al… Beijing reportedly opposes the THAAD deployment in the region because it could be used potentially to intercept Chinese missiles.
South Korean financial regulators met computer security officials at 16 banks and financial institutions and urged vigilance in the face of possible cyber attacks by North Korea, although none has been detected.
“Under this bill’s framework, anyone laundering money, counterfeiting goods, smuggling or trafficking narcotics will be subject to significant sanctions”, Royce said.
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted almost unanimously to pass legislation that seeks to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test by expanding sanctions on the regime.
The measure will likely also find strong support in the Senate and from President Obama. The role of China, which keeps North Korea’s moribund economy afloat, is important in ensuring the effectiveness of tougher sanctions against the isolated North.
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Beijing is seen as reluctant to clamp down on the North because of fears that a toppled government in Pyongyang would lead to millions of desperate North Koreans flooding across the border to China.
