UN New Sanction Provoked North Korea

The United States and North Korea’s long-standing ally China spent seven weeks discussing the new sanctions.

The UN new sanction is in  response to North Korea’s recent nuclear test and satellite launch, both of which violated existing sanctions.

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution significantly expanding international sanctions against North Korea yesterday.

The sanctions will result in all cargo going to and from the country being inspected, while 16 new individuals and 12 organisations have been blacklisted.

“Today, the international community, speaking with one voice, has sent Pyongyang a simple message: North Korea must abandon these dangerous programmes and choose a better path for its people,” US President Barack Obama said in a statement.

In response, North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles into the sea, South Korea’s defence ministry said.It comes hours after the UN Security Council unanimously voted to impose some of its strongest ever sanctions against North Korea.

A South Korean spokesman told the Yonhap news agency the projectiles were fired at about 10:00 local time (01:00 GMT) from Wonsan on the east coast.

He said they were still trying to determine exactly what was fired.

Yonhap quoted officials as saying all the objects fell into the sea.