Highlights of North Korea Resolution (AP via Yahoo! News)
A look at some key points in the U.N. Security Council resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its second nuclear test in defiance of an earlier ban.
U.S. may confront ships near N. Korea (USA Today)
The Obama administration said Friday it is prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea but will not try to forcibly board them, in accordance with new U.N. sanctions.
S Korea sends troops to N Korean border (Gulf Times)
South Korea has sent hundreds more Marines to its tense border with North Korea, military officials said yesterday as world powers prepared to punish the communist state for its nuclear test.
N. Korea steps up rhetoric amid nuclear crisis (The Champaign News-Gazette)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea said Tuesday it would use nuclear weapons in a “merciless offensive” if provoked its latest rhetoric apparently aimed at deterring any international punishment for its recent atomic test blast. The tensions emanating from Pyongyang are beginning to hit nascent business ties with the South: a Seoul-based fur manufacturer became the first South Korean …
UN approves ‘unprecedented’ sanctions against North Korea over nuclear test (u.tv)
The United Nations security council today punished North Korea over last month’s underground nuclear test by imposing new sanctions, risking potential naval flashpoints as it called on all members of the international community to stop and search its ships for weapons.
U.N. Panel Adopts Wider Sanctions on North Korea (Washington Post)
UNITED NATIONS, June 12 — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to impose a broad set of additional financial, military and trade sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It also called on states for the first time to seize banned North…
S. Korea welcomes U.N. resolution on N. Korea
South Korea on Saturday welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous adoption Friday of a resolution to impose a broad range of additional financial, trade and other sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent nuclear test. Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry spokesman Moon Tae Young said in a statement that the resolution reflects the Security Council’s ”unified and resolute will” toward preventing Pyongyang’s nuclear development and proliferation.
North Korea amps up nuclear rhetoric; says it will use weapons in a ‘merciless offensive’ (New York Daily News)
North Korea said Tuesday it would use nuclear weapons in a “merciless offensive” if provoked – its latest rhetoric apparently aimed at deterring any international punishment for its recent atomic test blast.
U.N. Security Council adopts resolution to punish N. Korea over nuke test
The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution over North Korea’s second nuclear test, featuring tougher financial sanctions and the stricter enforcement of North Korean cargo inspections. The resolution includes additional financial sanctions against North Korea in line with a call by Japan and the United States.
