UN works on new sanction for N’Korea after hydrogen bomb test claim

After rising from an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the UN Security Council has vowed to start work on new sanctions against Pyongyang after its hydrogen bomb test claim.

The UN Security Council strongly condemned the nuclear test and said it would begin working immediately on a new resolution against Pyongyang, whose nuclear test claim sparked global outcry even as some officials and experts voiced doubts over its validity.

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The test was in violation of previous resolutions and “a clear threat to international peace and security continues to exist”, said the council, which started imposing economic and commercial sanctions on North Korea a decade ago because of its nuclear activity.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also condemned North Korea’s announcement, calling it “profoundly destabilizing for regional security”.

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