Sung Kim, the US State Department’s special representative for North Korea policy, also suggested that the US may launch its own sanctions in response to "the provocative and unacceptable behaviour by the North Koreans". "We will be working together very closely in the Security Council and beyond to come up the strongest possible measure against North Korea’s latest action," Kim told reporters in Tokyo after meeting his Japanese counterpart Kenji Kanasugi.Kanasugi said Seoul, Tokyo and Washington would be coordinating their response. "We continue to work together to urge China to implement existing Security Council resolutions...and to work with us to make sure North Korea’s behaviour and their deliberation change in a more productive and positive direction," Kim said. "North Korea continues to present growing threats to the region, to our allies and to ourselves. We will do everything possible to defend against that growing threat," he said.- AFP

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 11, 2016 07:18 UTC