Turning to continued international efforts to rein in the out of control regime.
The United States is pushing for the strongest sanctions yet against Pyongyang.
It includes an oil embargo targeting North Korean smuggling boats and blacklisting the
the hermit kingdom's leader.
Connie Kim outlines the latest punitive measures for us.
Each of the previous United Nations Security Council resolutions on North Korea had been
dubbed the most powerful sanctions on the reclusive regime, but every time they have
been adopted, they have failed to be effective.
This time, the U.S. is not backing down and is seeking to close every possible loophole
in its efforts to put a break on Pyongyang's ever-growing nuclear ambitions.
The circulated draft resolution at the United Nations states…. the council would empower
the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force to intercept North Korean ships at sea, and inspect them
to check if they are carrying weapons material or fuel into the regime.
The fresh set of sanctions also includes blacklisting Kim Jong-un for the first time.
This means a freeze on his foreign assets, and virtually all the assets of the regime's
military and sole political party, as well as a travel ban on the North Korean leader.
The biggest restriction in the new sanctions would ban the sale of oil, refined petroleum
products and natural gas to the North.
China and Russia have long been against this idea as cutting down on Beijing's supplies
of 500-thousand tons of crude oil and 200-thousand tons of oil products would be enough to destabilize
the regime.
Banning the North's textiles exports, its second-biggest export product last year, is
also reportedly on the draft resolution, in addition to imposing a complete ban on hiring
North Korean workers abroad.
While the range of sanctions has been expanded,… a new UN report alleges that the UN member
nations' lax enforcement, and North Korea's evolving techniques to evade sanctions, are
undermining UN efforts to coerce Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons.
In figures,… 270 million dollars have gone into the regime since the end of last year
from exports of banned minerals -- coal, iron and zinc.
The U.S. is pushing to put the draft resolution to a vote on Monday, but.... whether it will
be adopted remains a question as veto-wielding China and Russia have reportedly not shown
support for the draft.
Connie Kim, Arirang News.
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