Frozen in response to alleged involvement in illegal commercial activities to earn foreign currency. The resolution also calls on Member States to reduce the number of north korean diplomats staying in their countries. Diplomatic sources say once fully implemented, the new sanctions will likely cut north koreas trade revenue by 800 million or nearly 25 . The question remains just how much impact these steps will have in preventing the norths nuclear and missile development. The japanese government is moving to expand its own sanctions on north korea. Officials plan to widen the reentry ban on north korean officials residing in japan who left the country to visit the north. The ban will also apply to foreign engineers with expertise in nuclear and missile technology. The resolution will target more individuals and entities related to the norths nuclear and missile programs through an asset freeze. Theyll include a Chinese Organization that was sanctioned in september by the u. S. Lets t
Frozen in response to alleged involvement in illegal commercial activities to earn foreign currency. The resolution also calls on Member States to reduce the number of north korean diplomats staying in their countries. Diplomatic sources say once fully implemented, the new sanctions will likely cut north koreas trade revenue by 800 million or nearly 25 . The question remains just how much impact these steps will have in preventing the norths nuclear and missile development. The japanese government is moving to expand its own sanctions on north korea. Officials plan to widen the reentry ban on north korean officials residing in japan who left the country to visit the north. The ban will also apply to foreign engineers with expertise in nuclear and missile technology. The resolution will target more individuals and entities related to the norths nuclear and missile programs through an asset freeze. Theyll include a Chinese Organization that was sanctioned in september by the u. S. Lets t
Policymakers wont hesitate to adopt additional easing mers. Increasing openings. Greater numbers of muslim visitors to japan means expanding market and Japanese Companies are looking to cater to them. South koreas Ruling Saenuri Party has failed to win a majority. It casts a shadow over the partys prospect for the 2017 president ial vote. Electoral officials released the final count. The Saenuri Party is took 122 seats. Translator i will step down to take responsibility for the election result. The opposition minjoo party grabbed the largest proportion of seats with 123. The opposition s Splinter Party Peoples Party took 38. Neither has the intention of forming a coalition with saenuri. Translator i think that the citizens voted on how bad economic policies of the partys administration are. The party was embroiled in a feud between parks supporters and opponents in the run up. Its the first time in 16 years that the ruling party becomes minority. Earlier, we spoke with a correspondent
South. They held a similar launch in april that ended in failure. South korean government sources say they believe the missiles firststage booster has been moved on to a launch pad at a facility in the northwestern part of the country. South korean officials discussed the planned launch with ambassadors from japan and three other countries. South Korean Foreign Ministry Officials met separately with envoys from japan, the united states, china, and russia, all members of the sixparty talks on north Koreas Nuclear program. Details of the meetings havent been released, but its believed the five nations discussed ways to convince officials in pyongyang to cancel the launch. South korea plans to send two aegis vessels capable of tracking missiles to the yellow sea to observe the launch. The monitoring will be done in coordination with u. S. Forces. Defense officials in seoul are also considering raising the countrys alerstatus by one notch. Japans selfdefense forces are on the alert in adva
Administration. The policy chiefs of the ldp and new komeito will now start talk examining theyll formalize their agreement ahead of the diet session. Abe time time this morning for a telephone call with u. S. President barack obama. They talked about meeting next month in washington. It would be abes first foreign visit after forming a new government. Hes made strengthening the japanu. S. Relationship a priority. We have more from washington. People in the Obama Administration place a high priority on stability in the asiapacific. They have been troubled by increase in tension between japan and china over which country owns the islands in the East China Sea. And theyre concerned the conflicting flames allowed to fester, it could unsettle the dynamic in the region. They want to see Security Policies and sophisticated diplomacy to calm the situation. U. S. Leaders are worried of being drawn into a military confrontation because of their alliance with japan. Our message to the new japane