US, Japan, S’Korea to discuss possible sanctions against N’Korea

Leaders from Japan and South Korea will today discuss possible sanctions against North Korea’s recent missile activities at a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

The move is coming even as the United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to proceed with the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defence system.

Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, agreed in a phone call with his South Korean counterpart on the need to proceed with the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea after Wednesday’s missile launch by North Korea.

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South Korean officials said McMaster spoke with his counterpart in Seoul, Kim Kwan-jin, on Thursday morning to discuss the North’s missile launch and the Trump-Xi summit.

“Both sides agreed to pursue … plans in order to substantially strengthen the international community’s sanctions and pressure on North Korea,” South Korea’s presidential Blue House said in a statement.

Yesterday, North Korea, led by defiant leader Kim Jong Un has fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.

According to South Korea’s defense ministry, the missile fired by Pyongyang was launched from the Sinpo region on North Korea’s eastern coast and it about 60km into the Japanese sea.

A day before firing the missile, North Korea through its defence ministry also threatened to retaliate if the global community expanded sanctions targeting the country.

 

 

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