Seoul, Tokyo residents express doubt new UN sanctions on North Korea will be effective

Record ID: 905608

  • Title: Seoul, Tokyo residents express doubt new UN sanctions on North Korea will be effective
  • Date: 7th August 2017
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (RECENT) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE SIGN READING (Japanese and English): "PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE"
  • Embargoed: 21st August 2017 06:40
  • Keywords: North Korea United Nations Security Council sanctions reactions reaction to UN sanctions on North Korea UN sanctions on North Korea
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016T5PZD1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: On the streets of South Korea and Japan's capitals on Monday (August 7), most residents expressed doubt that new United Nations sanctions imposed on their North Korean neighbour will be effective.
    The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed sanctions on North Korea on Saturday (August 5) that could slash its $3 billion annual export revenue by a third.
    Japan's top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, praised the U.N.'s latest moves as "powerful" but few people in Tokyo and Seoul were sure they were the best way forward.
    The U.S.-drafted resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood following Pyongyang's two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July. It also prohibits countries from increasing the current numbers of North Korean labourers working abroad, bans new joint ventures with North Korea and any new investment in current joint ventures.
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