Reply #1: AP: N.Korea threatens Japan over sanctions

[Eugene]

Posted on Thu, Oct. 12, 2006

N.Korea threatens Japan over sanctions
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean official threatened "strong countermeasures"
against Japan for new sanctions against the communist regime, Kyodo News agency
reported from Pyongyang on Thursday.

The Japanese government decided on a package of additional economic sanctions
against North Korea on Wednesday in response to the regime's claim of a nuclear
test, including a ban on all imports from the country and the docking of North
Korean ships in Japanese ports.

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"We will take strong countermeasures," Kyodo quoted Song Il Ho, North Korea's
ambassador in charge of diplomatic normalization talks with Japan, as saying
in an interview on Wednesday when asked about fresh sanctions by Japan.

"The specific contents will become clear if you keep watching. We never speak
empty words," he added.

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