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U.S. Considers Fresh North Korea Sanctions
The United States is looking at imposing additional sanctions against North Korea in response to last month’s missile launches, Asia Pulse reported today (see GSN, Aug. 9). “We are going to discuss with the regional leaders here and determine what is appropriate but we’ll make sure that North Korea realizes that if they do launch missiles (again) they will be shot down by the U.S.,” U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), part of a five-member congressional delegation in Seoul, said yesterday. The lawmakers also plan to visit Singapore and the Philippines, according to Asia Pulse (Asia Pulse/Yahoo!News, Aug. 10). South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun told the delegation that he was skeptical about the effectiveness of new sanctions, the Associated Press reported. He “felt a carrot was more useful with the North Koreans than a stick,” House International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) said after meeting with Roh. “He expressed a lack of enthusiasm for more sanctions,” Hyde added (Burt Herman, Associated Press, Aug. 10).
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