South Korea seeks 'strongest' measures, including new sanctions after the North's nuke test
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908721
South Korea seeks 'strongest' measures, including new sanctions after the North's nuke test
- Title: South Korea seeks 'strongest' measures, including new sanctions after the North's nuke test
- Date: 3rd September 2017
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (SEPTEMBER 3, 2017) (REUTERS) SOUTH KOREA'S CHIEF OF NATIONAL SECURITY, CHUNG EUI-YONG, WALKING UP TO PODIUM JOURNALISTS SEATED AND MEDIA FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREA'S CHIEF OF NATIONAL SECURITY, CHUNG EUI-YONG, SAYING: "(South Korean) president has ordered to find the strongest possible response against North Korea's repeated provocations including nuclear tests and missile launches reaching levels of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).†JOURNALISTS TYPING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREA'S CHIEF OF NATIONAL SECURITY, CHUNG EUI-YONG, SAYING: "We decided to review all diplomatic solutions, such as a new UNSC resolution, to make North Korea give up its nuclear development program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible way and completely isolate North Korea." JOURNALISTS TYPING NEWS BRIEFING IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREA'S CHIEF OF NATIONAL SECURITY, CHUNG EUI-YONG, SAYING: "In terms of our alliance with the U.S., we will discuss deploying the most powerful U.S. strategic military assets (to the Korean peninsula)." NEWS BRIEFING IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 17th September 2017 09:34
- Keywords: South Korea presidential office news briefing North Korea nuclear test
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016X1JNT3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: South Korea said on Sunday (September 3) North Korea's defiant sixth nuclear test should be met with the "strongest possible" response, including new U.N. Security Council sanctions to "completely isolate" the country.
Seoul and Washington also discussed deploying U.S. strategic military assets to the Korean peninsula after North Korea defied international warnings and conducted its most powerful nuclear test ever on Sunday, South Korea's national security adviser Chung Eui-yong said in a news briefing.
North Korea said its latest test was a successful detonation of an advanced hydrogen bomb, in a dramatic escalation of the isolated state's stand-off with the United States and its allies.
The announcement from Pyongyang came a few hours after international seismic agencies detected a manmade earthquake near the North's test site, which Japanese and South Korean officials said was around 10 times more powerful than the tremor picked up after its last test a year ago. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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