Seoul : South Korea will soon announce its own tougher sanctions on North Korea, an official said today, a move set to further heighten tensions as Seoul and Washington begin their largest-ever joint military exercise, reports AFP.
The new measures — following Wednesday’s decision by the UN Security Council to slap unprecedented sanctions on the North — will be announced this week, a Seoul government official said on condition of anonymity.
The Security Council announced its toughest sanctions yet to punish the North for its recent nuclear and missile tests in violation of UN resolutions. The North responded within hours by test-firing rockets into the sea.
