SEOUL The United States announced new sanctions Wednesday against North Korea against their leaders, and warned of serious consequences if they attack back to the South.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that sanctions would be for the sale or purchase of weapons and related products and luxury items available to fund the plan.
to prevent freezing of assets of the United States and certain companies and individuals to travel abroad and work with banks to stop illegal financial transactions. The sanctions are also against the abuse of diplomatic privileges to carry out end to illegal activities, said Clinton.
Relations between the divided peninsula increasingly hostile to South Korea accuses North of the downfall of one of its warships in March, 46 sailors killed.
Clinton said Washington was prepared to continue the international dialogue on the nuclear program of North Korea if Pyongyang has a sent positive , but there was none.
At a joint press conference in Seoul after talks with unprecedented security of the United States and South Korea, the defense and military leaders, Clinton said the sanctions are part of the measures against the regime of curbing nuclear activities in order to stop illegal transactions make money used for the finance program.
Our goal is very specific, after much intensive research that has been done before, but not limited to point to the direction, the direction of their assets, said Clinton.