South Korea, Japan Target Pyongyang With More Restrictive Measures

© AFP 2023 / SAUL LOEB A North Korean flag behind the barbed wire of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZS) in the Joint Security Area near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea
A North Korean flag behind the barbed wire of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZS) in the Joint Security Area near Panmunjom on the border between North and South Korea - Sputnik International
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South Korea and Japan have expanded their restrictive measures against North Korea in the wake of the new UN Security Council resolution imposing additional sanctions on Pyongyang.

Missiles are taken on trucks past a stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang October 10, 2015 - Sputnik International
UN at Pains to Solve Problem of North Korea's Nuclear Program
TOKYO (Sputnik) – According to a statement from the South Korean government, cited by The Asahi Shimbun on Friday, the blacklisted North Korean officials include members of the Politburo Presidium and the Korean People’s Army.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Friday, as cited by the Japanese daily, that Japan was renewing sanctions against North Korea.

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the draft resolution condemning "in the strongest terms" the nuclear test conducted by North Korea on September 9. The resolution prohibited UN members from buying a number of North Korean exports, including coal and several metals.

The North Korean embassy to Moscow warned in a press release on Thursday that the new sanctions imposed on North Korea will lead to a "more powerful response and self-defense measures" and will escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Members of the United Nations Security Council - Sputnik International
Pyongyang Calls UNSC Resolution Imposing Sanctions Over Nuke Tests 'Falsified'
On September 5, Pyongyang launched three ballistic missiles in the direction of the Sea of Japan. Several days later it conducted a successful test of a nuclear warhead, which is believed to be the fifth and largest blast since Pyongyang began pursuing nuclear and ballistic missile programs. On October 14, North Korea carried out a failed test of the Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile near the northwestern city of Kusong.

The incidents have sparked concern in neighboring Japan, as North Korean missiles reached Japanese waters after flying over 600 miles from the launch site during early September's ballistic test.

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