2009年8月1日星期六

Japan to freeze asset of 5 entities, 5 individuals of DPRK

TOKYO, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Japan will freeze asset of five individuals and five entities from Friday for their involvement in Pyongyang's nuclear development actives in line with a UN Security Council resolution, the government said on Thursday.

Tokyo will also confirm on Friday an entry and transit ban on the five individuals as the sanctions committee of the 15-member Security Council designated them anew last week.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura told a news conference that the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) should "take seriously" the message from the international community and to "fully implement" them.

The firms to be subject to asset freezes include the General Bureau of Atomic Energy, which Tokyo said is a DPRK government body responsible for the country's nuclear program. Director of the entity, Ri Je Son, will also be sanctioned by Japan.

The sanction is in line with the UN Resolution 1874, which the council adopted on June 12 in response to Pyongyang's second underground nuclear test on May 25.

The five entities and five individuals are in a list drawn up by the U.N. sanctions committee last week.

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