epa05099268 South Korean President Park Geun-hye issues a statement to the nation from the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, 13 January 2016, that focused heavily on North Korea and the country’s economy. On the latter, Park pressed for parliamentary passage of key bills that would reform the labor market and revive the economy, saying the country was at a crossroads between overcoming the crisis or falling. EPA/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA OUT
SEOUL/WASHINGTON: South Korea warned North Korea that the United States and its allies were working on sanctions to inflict “bone-numbing pain” after its latest nuclear test, and called on China to do its part to rein in its isolated neighbour.
The US House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously late on Tuesday to pass legislation to broaden sanctions on the North’s nuclear programme.
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