Moon, Putin Agree N. Korean Nuke Issue Needs Swift Resolution

It has also resulted in South Korea boosting its own military capabilities.

Washington has proposed a new UN Security Council resolution, according to a UN diplomat, to punish North Korea by freezing the assets of Kim Jong Un and members of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea, fully banning exports of oil to North Korea, banning all textile imports from North Korea and banning North Korean laborers from generating earnings overseas.

The Korean Peninsula has been in a technical state of war since the Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953.

They urged more efforts to pressure North Korea to abandon what they called its “current threatening and destabilizing path”.

More launches may be coming.

In August, South Korean President Moon Jae-in responded to residents’ concerns and temporarily halted the installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system so that a proper environmental review could be conducted, but now he has reversed that decision and allowed the United States to resume installation of the ballistic missile interception system.

“In order to compel North Korea to come to the dialogue table, United Nations sanctions must be strengthened”. Besides having in-depth discussions about handling the North Korean issue, “I want to start concrete talks on ways to cooperate substantively” in such fields as the economy, he said. It plans more naval drills in its southern seas through Saturday.

The nuclear test followed a missile test over Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido, triggering nuclear alarms all over the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on September 5 at a news conference following BRICS Summit in China that sanctions of any kind are useless and ineffective in the case of North Korea.

Moon also said he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin to establish a forum for inter-regional cooperation.

The focus on negotiations by China, North Korea’s main trading partner, contrasted with Trump’s assertions over the last few days that now was not the time for talks with North Korea while pressing instead for increased global pressure on Pyongyang. Following North Korea’s repeated provocations-including launching a missile over northern Japan last week and a sixth nuclear test on Sunday-Moon appeared significantly more comfortable with the presence of the US system over South Korea’s skies.

The Russian president said he is hopeful the crisis engulfing the Korean peninsula will not descened into a conflict involving WOMD.

Mr Putin told him the North Korean problem should be solved diplomatically, according to Seoul’s presidential office.

Putin echoed other world leaders in denouncing North Korea’s latest nuclear bomb test on Sunday, saying Russian Federation did not recognise its nuclear status.

Opposition to THAAD has been fierce both within South Korea and without.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said his department was preparing measures to “cut off North Korea economically” and ensure anyone trading with it could not do business with the US.

“North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success”, Trump tweeted.

That’s all well and good, but the U.S.’s best move may be not to play. China called that threat unacceptable and unfair.

North Korea’s successes have included a new nuclear detonation, details of which are still in doubt, and an intermediate range missile test that went 1,500 miles. Besides the launchers, construction and other related components were also deployed.

The U.S. has about 28,000 troops stationed in South Korea and is obliged by treaty to defend it in the event of war.