Seoul: South Korea and Japan said yesterday they would impose new unilateral sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, following a fresh UN Security Council resolution imposed on the reclusive country this week.
South Korea said in a statement its expanded measures would blacklist senior North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong-Un's aides.
South Korea also said it would ban entry from the South by foreign missile and nuclear experts if their visits to North Korea were deemed to be a threat to South Korean national interests.
Japan said it too would add to its own list of unilateral sanctions, including a ban on all ships that have called at ports in North Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said yesterday.
