South Korea On Friday, it announced its first sanctions against North Korea In five years in response to recent missile launches by Kim Jong Un’s regime.
Government of the Republic of Korea (the official name of the South) Strongly condemns the recent missile provocations It has been carried out at an unprecedented pace and involves the use of tactical nuclear weapons against us,” a State Department statement detailed the new sanctions.
new penalties Affects 15 individuals and 16 North Korean entitiesaccording to the text.
Among the sanctioned individuals are up to four members of the Second Academy of Natural Sciences, a North Korean governmental organization responsible, according to the United Nations, for research and development of advanced weapons, and the rest belong to entities dedicated to importing materials that can be used to make weapons of mass destruction.
Among the 16 entities mentioned, there are companies or logistics companies dedicated to trading electronics, steel or crude oil.
The announcement of the sanctions comes after North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile and conducted air exercises near the inter-Korean border, where it also fired hundreds of artillery shells.
According to Pyongyang, this response “provocative actions” South Korea, whose forces, according to the regime, conducted artillery exercises along the border yesterday, Thursday.
Today’s launch is Pyongyang’s ninth since last September 25, in a series of tests that sought to test its tactical nuclear weapons systems in response to recent maneuvers in the south of the peninsula, including a US aircraft carrier.
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Japanese Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa HayashiOn Friday, he said the pace of Pyongyang’s missile launches was a “provocation”, after today’s latest launch of a short-range ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan.
The fact that they launch rockets so often is provocative and It indicates that they are turning their backs on the international community“We condemn these actions and are considering a response,” Hayashi said today at a press conference.
In this regard, Japanese government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsuno, noted that Japan North Korea’s Military Actions Under Watchbut they can’t talk about details “so they can’t estimate the ability of the counterattack.”
Many analysts believe new North Korean tests are looming, including a new underground nuclear explosion, which will be the first since September 2017.
(With information from EFE)
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