MISSILE ACTIVITIES: Like US, Japan slams N’Korea with new sanctions

Tough times lay ahead for North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un after Japan joined in imposing new sanctions on Pyongyang for its continued missile activities.

According to Japanese foreign minister, Fumio Kishida, the assets of five groups, including two from China, will be frozen. He also revealed that the assets of nine other individuals will also be frozen without giving further details.

Kishida also told reporters that the steps had to be taken after no concrete proposals have been made to resolve the issue of a Japanese abducted decades ago by agents from the North.

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“Given that we can’t expect meaningful dialogue, pressure on them is essential,” he said.

The sanctions by Japan is coming just hours after the US Senate also reached a deal to impose new sanctions on three countries including North Korea, Russia and Iran.

The deal was reached after US Congressional Republicans and Democrats agreed to punish Moscow for its military aggression in Ukraine and also for meddling in the last US presidential election.

 

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