Across Asia: Dprk

ROK warns of sanctions

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will face UN sanctions if it goes ahead with a long-range missile test which would be seen as a threat to the region, The Republic of Korea's (ROK) foreign minister said yesterday.

"Whether the North (DPRK) launches a missile or a satellite, it is still a violation of a UN Security Council resolution," Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told a group of diplomats and journalists. "It will inevitably be followed by sanctions."