The United States is seeking to impose sanctions on the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) through the UN Security Council and the
sanctions will focus on the DPRK's weapon programs, State Department spokesman
Sean McCormack said at a briefing on Tuesday.
The sanctions will focus primarily on "not allowing the North Korean
government in any way to further develop its WMD or missile technology programs
or in any way to benefit from those programs in the sense that it would export
know-how, technology or material," McCormack said.
The United States will also seek to impose a variety of other sanctions to
restrict non-humanitarian imports into the DPRK, McCormack said.
Moreover, the United States will also take steps "that would prevent any sort
of illicit activity -- counterfeiting money, money laundering or trade or
facilitation of trade and narcotics," McCormack added.
The DPRK claimed Sunday night that it had successfully set off its first
nuclear test. The Bush administration has since sought immediate action from the
UN Security Council.
