AFP, MANILAThe US and China yesterday piled pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear missile program after the UN Security Council approved tough sanctions which could cost Pyongyang US$1 billion a year. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he was encouraged by the vote, but officials said that Washington would closely watch China — North Korea’s biggest trade partner — to ensure sanctions are enforced. “It was a good outcome,” Tillerson said of the UN vote, before he met with South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha. McMaster, who told MSNBC news that the US leader was reviewing plans for a “preventive war.”“He said he’s not going to tolerate North Korea being able to threaten the United States,” McMaster said. The resolution also prevents North Korea from increasing the number of workers it sends abroad.

Source: Taipei Times August 06, 2017 16:05 UTC