Japan, Britain to seek new United Nations resolution against N. Korea

But North Korea sees them as an attack on the dignity of its leader and political system, and was provoked enough the last time the South used a tactic the North calls “an open act of war”, in August, to launch an artillery strike across the border.

The South Korean military’s psychological department produces content for the FM radio station Voice of Freedom, which from noon (0300 GMT) on Friday was channelled to the speakers randomly for up to six hours a day.

“There is no hope to put an end to the North Korean nuclear conundrum if the U.S., South Korea and Japan do not change their policies toward Pyongyang”.

“It is wrong. South Korea and the United States are unlikely to remain passive in response to future violence like the 2010 sinking of a South Korean naval ship”, they said. Until they do that they’re not going to achieve prosperity, they’re not going to achieve the security they desire.

Pyongyang claimed Wednesday that it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time.

“The China-North Korea relationship should not be dragged into antagonism”.

To strengthen bilateral defense and security ties, Japan and Britain also agreed to further promote joint drills and exchanges between their defense forces and pursue a visit of British Typhoon aircraft to Japan in 2016.

However, if the government imposes additional sanctions, it is highly likely to cause strong opposition from North Korea. A congressional source said it was expected as soon as Monday.

Japan has already concluded ACSAs with the United States and Australia.

When asked whether there was hope for greater cooperation between Japan and South Korea in the wake of the latest nuclear test, Aucoin replied “I got to believe so”.

A South Korean military official told Reuters that Seoul and Washington had discussed the deployment of US strategic weapons on the Korean peninsula, but declined to give details.

A scheduled phone call between South Korean Foreign Minister Yun byung-se and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi also did not go as planned, although Wang and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke after North Korea’s H-bomb announcement. Officials refused to elaborate, but the assets likely are B-52 bombers, F-22 stealth fighters and nuclear-powered submarines.