China key to enforcing U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

USA TODAY: New sanctions on North Korea have as little chance of stopping Pyongyang from developing a deliverable nuclear weapon as previous efforts, unless China gets more serious about enforcing them, nuclear experts and China watchers say.

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to boost sanctions against North Korea for its third nuclear test Feb. 12. Pyongyang threatened a pre-emptive strike on the United States with a nuclear weapon…

After the vote Thursday, China’s U.N. ambassador, Li Baodong, said his nation wants to see “full implementation” of the sanctions… (more)

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