The South Korean government also deemed the footage fake, with the country’s Defense Ministry telling Yonhap News, “We consider the video published by North Korea of a SLBM launch fabricated”.
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Under the bill, the president would be authorized to prevent any sanctioned foreign person from entering the U.S. Any entity facilitating North Korea’s policies would further be prohibited from entering into contracts with the U.S. government.
South Korea’s military said on Saturday North Korea appeared to have modified the video and edited it with Scud missile footage from 2014.
Pyongyang says it carried out a hydrogen bomb test last week, but the claim has not been confirmed.
But whatever the nature of the device, it was North Korea’s fourth nuclear test since 2006, and further evidence of Pyongyang’s intention to continue developing its nuclear weapons capability in the face of global censure.
Kim is seeking to use the momentum from the January 6 test to develop stronger nuclear arms. It is usually South Korean activists who send anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.
“China should not follow the United States”, the source said, referring to the USA demand that North Korea give up its nuclear program before any negotiations. Moreover, despite North Korea’s status as a pariah state, it has not faced the stiffer sanctions that have been imposed on Iran, for instance.
China, North Korea’s closest ally, has repeatedly condemned the nuclear tests but is often accused of doing little to try and stop them.
But Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he wants the USA and its allies “to take a more assertive role in addressing North Korea’s provocation”.
The new sanctions would put “targeted economic financial pressure” on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Royce said Monday ahead of the vote, arguing that a failure to respond aggressively will embolden Pyongyang. Park on Wednesday urged North Korea’s only major al…
Kishida also welcomed the USA military’s dispatch Sunday of a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber on a flight over South Korea in an apparent show of force to North Korea.
If confirmed, Kim, who CNN said was 60 and formerly of Fairfax, Virginia, would be the second Western citizen known to be held in North Korea.
The broadcasts – a high-decibel mix of K-pop and anti-North messages – are a red rag to Pyongyang, which had threatened artillery strikes on the loudspeaker units when they were used during a cross-border crisis a year ago.
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Describing the resumed propaganda broadcasts as the most effective and powerful tool of psychological warfare, Park indicated that the continued broadcast for the time being.
