China has agreed to “strong” new measures to punish North Korea if it carries out a nuclear test, Seoul said on Monday after the US signalled it may act to shut down Pyongyang’s weapons programme.
South Korea’s top nuclear envoy made the comment after talks with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei, as the US sent a naval strike group to the region in a show of force.
“We agreed that there should be strong additional measures based on UN Security Council resolutions if the North pushes ahead with a Nuclear test or an ICBM launch despite warnings from the international community,” Kim Hong-Kyun told reporters.