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June 15, 2009

UN Approves New North Korean Sanctions
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to mount. On Friday, the
United Nations Security Council agreed to a new round of sanctions
against North Korea. North Korea responded by vowing to step up its
nuclear bomb-making program by producing more plutonium and uranium.
North Korea also threatened war on any country that dared to stop its
ships on the high seas under the new sanctions. South Korean President
Lee Myung-bak is headed to Washington for summit talks Tuesday with
President Barack Obama.



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