China’s Resolve to Be Tested Over North Korea Sanctions

United Nations diplomats are weighing how much Chinese opposition they may face to further UN sanctions on North Korea if it conducts a third nuclear blast, which South Korea says appears imminent.

An underground nuclear test by Kim Jong Un’s regime would be met with a “very firm and strong” response by the Security Council, South Korea’s UN envoy, Kim Sook, said yesterday in New York after taking over the monthly presidency of the UN’s decision-making body. A test “seems to be imminent,” he said.