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Seoul imposes sanctions on DPRK

By our correspondents
December 03, 2016

SEOUL/TOKYO: South Korea and Japan said on Friday they would impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, following a fresh UN Security Council resolution imposed on the reclusive country this week.

North Korea has rejected the UN resolution, aimed at cutting Pyongyang´s annual export revenue by a quarter after its fifth and largest nuclear test in September, as a conspiracy masterminded by the US to deny its sovereignty.