South Korea Wants ‘Bone-Numbing’ Sanctions on North Korea for Nuclear Test

South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on China on Wednesday to use its influence over North Korea to press it to end its nuclear program, adding it could use its permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council to help draw up effective sanctions.

The threats come shortly after Kim Jong-un had his star news anchor, Ri Chun-hee, announced to the public that the country had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.

CNN’s interview with Kim Dong-chul, who claims he was arrested for espionage, comes days after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, which angered China and the United States.

The WEF said the nuclear test meant there would be “no opportunity for an worldwide global dialogue in the spirit of the World Economic Forum”, WEF board member Philipp Roesler told reporters.

His analysis is echoed by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), which cited two frames of video from North Korea’s state media where flames engulf the missile and small parts of its body break away.

Since Friday, South Korea has been blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda and K-pop songs from huge speakers along the border.

Amidst North Korea’s aggressive claims, the House has unanimously approved sanctions on the country.

The council diplomat said the United States, which is leading the current negotiations, is moving forward “in a careful, thorough and deliberate way”, consulting closely with China but also with other council members, including Japan.

Director General Yoon Soon-ku for worldwide policy represented South Korea during the talks held in the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul earlier in the day.

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Another option is a temporary deployment of F-22 Raptors, the U.S. Air Force’s state-of-the-art stealth fighters, to the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa.

Therefore, analysts say that there is nothing to fear from North Korea from a nuclear standpoint.

A warning was issued by South Korea against North Korea on this Wednesday.

North Korea considers the South Korean broadcasts tantamount to an act of war. If true, it would mark a major development in Pyongyang’s nuclear program because such fusion weapons are potentially more powerful than the plutonium or enriched uranium fission weapons it has done before.

“These will be the mobile launch tractors that the North has for its tactical medium-range ballistic missiles, which can reach targets in South Korea and Japan”, he said. Still, such leafleting by the North is rare, though South Korean activists occasionally send anti-Pyongyang leaflets in balloons across the border.