韓國日本向朝鮮實施新制裁

South Korea and Japan have imposed unilateral sanctions on North Korea.

The announcement of the sanctions Friday followed Pyongyang's promise to retaliate against new U.N. sanctions imposed earlier this week.

South Korea and Japan already had sanctions in place against North Korea. The new sanctions, however, are mainly symbolic as trade and exchange between the North and its two neighbors are largely non-existent because of existing sanctions, especially those imposed by the United Nations. But North Korea's latest round of nuclear tests has prompted its neighbors to announce the new restrictions.

South Korea is banning the entry of foreign missile and nuclear experts, if their visits to North Korea are deemed to be a threat to South Korea.

Japan said Friday it will not allow ships into the country that have called at ports in North Korea. Japan said it will also freeze the assets of groups and individuals associated with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to impose a new round of targeted economic sanctions against North Korea for its September 9 nuclear test.

The sanctions take aim at sectors of the defiant nation's economy that generate cash to fund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and could cost Pyongyang more than $800 million a year in lost funds – the equivalent of a quarter of its total export revenues.韓國和日本分別向朝鮮實施單邊制裁。

兩國星期五宣佈這一決定前，朝鮮聲稱要對聯合國新制裁實施報復。

韓國和日本一直在對朝鮮實施制裁。新制裁是象徵性的，因爲現有的制裁，特別是聯合國的制裁措施，使朝鮮與這兩個國家的貿易幾乎可以說並不存在。然而，朝鮮最近的一輪核試驗促使韓日宣佈新的制裁措施。

韓國的新制裁包括針對那些訪問過朝鮮的外國導彈與核專家，如果他們的訪問被認爲對韓國構成威脅，韓國將禁止他們入境。

日本星期五表示，將禁止曾停靠朝鮮港口的船隻進入日本。日本還將凍結與朝鮮核項目和導彈項目有關的組織與個人的資產。

聯合國安理會星期三一致同意，針對朝鮮9月9號的核試驗實施新一輪經濟制裁。

制裁目標是能夠爲朝鮮賺取外匯來資助其核武器和彈道導彈項目的經濟領域，制裁會使朝鮮每年損失8億美元的收入，相當於朝鮮出口總收入的四分之一。