Government: "North Korea Should Return to Dialogue Instead of Further Deterioration"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Our government urged North Korea not to further escalate the situation and to return to dialogue in response to U.S. sanctions related to North Korea's missile launches.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said on the 13th that regarding the U.S. sanctions on North Koreans involved in procuring missile materials for North Korea, "The recent U.S. measures reflect the existing U.S. position that implementing sanctions on North Korea simultaneously with dialogue is essential to achieving complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."

The official added, "The U.S. remains open to dialogue with North Korea and consistently maintains the stance of continuing to implement existing sanctions until complete denuclearization is achieved. South Korea and the U.S. will continue efforts to resume dialogue for a fundamental resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue through close cooperation."

An official from the Ministry of Unification also met with reporters on the same day, emphasizing that "peaceful and stable management of the situation on the Korean Peninsula is important" and called for North Korea's response.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on the 12th (local time) designated six North Korean nationals and one Russian involved in the development of North Korea's ballistic missile launches for independent sanctions.

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