South Korea assures sanctions not to bring down North Korea

South Korean Foreign Minister, Kang Kyung-wha, on Tuesday told a Conference the Disarmament that sanctions on North Korea were aimed at putting pressure on it to give up its nuclear ambitions, and not to bring down the government.

According to Kyung-wha, sanctions are not an end in themselves and not meant to bring down North Korea.

“But to make it understand that its future lies not in nuclear weapons but in working with the global community toward denuclearisation.

“Our consistent message should be that it must make the right decision.

“And if it does, we are ready to work together toward a brighter and prosperous future for North Korea,’’ the foreign minister said in Geneva.