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Friday 29 September 2017
North Korea accuses US of exploiting student’s death

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — House for using the death icy-makers towards (North botulism and a sleeping pill. health until he returned to
North Korea accused the of Otto Warmbier for pro- Korea) is,” the unidentified The spokesman reiterated the U.S.,” he said.
Trump administration on paganda purposes against spokesman said in a state- North Korea’s denial that it “The fact that the old lu-
Thursday of exploiting the North Korea. “The fact that ment. Warmbier, who was tortured the American stu- natic Trump and his riff-raff
death of an Ohio student the U.S. is employing even vacationing in North Korea, dent, who was detained for slandered the sacred dig-
who died soon after being a dead person for the con- was sentenced to 15 years more than year and died nity of our supreme lead-
released from detention in spiracy campaign to fuel of hard labor in March soon after his release to the ership, using bogus data
the Asian nation. the international atmo- 2016 for allegedly stealing U.S. while still in a coma. full of falsehood and fab-
The state-run Korean Cen- sphere of putting pressure a propaganda poster two “We provided him with rications, only serves to re-
tral News Agency quoted on (North Korea) shows months earlier. North Korea sincere medical care on double the surging hatred
a foreign ministry spokes- how vile and inveterate has said Warmbier fell into humanitarian grounds in of our army and people
man as criticizing the White the hostility of the U.S. pol- a coma that resulted from consideration of his failing towards the U.S.,” it said.q

China orders North Korean business closed under UN sanctions

North with foreign curren- sanctions bans member
cy. North Korean laborers countries from operating
work in Chinese factories joint ventures with North
and other businesses. Korea, most of which are in
Also Thursday, China’s for- China.
eign ministry appealed They also ban sales of natu-
for dialogue to defuse the ral gas to North Korea and
increasingly acrimonious purchases of the North’s
dispute between U.S. Presi- textile exports, another key
dent Donald Trump’s gov- revenue source. They order
ernment and North Korea. other nations to limit fuel
“The Korean Peninsula supplies to the North.
nuclear issue is related to China, which provides the
regional peace and stabil- bulk of North Korea’s en-
ity,” ministry spokesman Lu ergy supplies, announced
Kang said. “Breaking the Saturday it would cut off
deadlock requires all rel- gas and limit shipments of
evant parties to show their refined petroleum prod-
sincerity.” China, one of ucts, effective Jan. 1. It
five permanent Security made no mention of crude
Council members with veto oil, which makes up the
power, supports the latest bulk of Chinese energy sup-
sanctions but doesn’t want plies to North Korea and is
to push North Korea too not covered by the U.N.
hard for fear Kim’s govern- sanctions.
In this Feb. 18, 2016 photo, North Korean performers entertain customers at the Okryugwan
restaurant in Beijing. Chinese news reports Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, say the government has ment might collapse. On Thursday, the Ministry
ordered most North Korean-owned businesses and ventures with Chinese partners to close under Chinese leaders argue of Commerce defended
U.N. sanctions imposed over the North’s nuclear and missile programs. against doing anything its recent imports of North
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) that might hurt ordi- Korean coal, saying they
By JOE McDONALD Beijing’s cooperation es- and ventures with Chinese nary North Koreans. They were permitted by U.N.
AP Business Writer sential to the success of partners must close within agreed to the latest sanc- sanctions.
BEIJING (AP) — China on sanctions aimed at stop- 120 days of the U.N. Security tions after the United States A ministry spokesman, Gao
Thursday ordered North Ko- ping the North’s pursuit Council’s Sept. 11 approval toned down a proposal for Feng, said imports that
rean-owned businesses to of weapons technology. of the latest sanctions, ac- a total ban on oil exports were reported in August
close, cutting foreign rev- China, long North Korea’s cording to the Ministry of to the North. Chinese offi- trade data were allowed
enue for the isolated North diplomatic protector, has Commerce. That would be cials complain their country by a “grace period” for
under U.N. sanctions im- gone along with the latest early January. bears the cost of enforcing goods that arrived before
posed over its nuclear and penalties out of growing North Korean companies sanctions, which have hurt the U.N. ban took effect.
missile programs. frustration with leader Kim operate restaurants and businesses in its northeast The imports are “in line with
China is North Korea’s main Jong Un’s government. other ventures in China, that trade with the North. the (U.N.) resolution,” Gao
trading partner, making North Korean businesses helping to provide the The latest round of U.N. said. q

PM Abe celebrates anniversary of Japan-China ties

By MARI YAMAGUCHI neighbors. benefit the two countries solved the lower house of Minister Taro Kono. Chinese
Associated Press Abe attended the event and also are indispensable parliament for snap elec- Foreign Ministry spokesman
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese at a Tokyo hotel, becom- for peace and stability in tions was seen as a gesture Lu Kang said the anniver-
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ing a first Japanese leader Northeast Asia “given the of his willingness to improve sary of the normalization of
attended a ceremony to take part in the annual current situation” in the re- ties. The two Asian coun- diplomatic ties is “of great
Thursday marking the an- ceremony in more than a gion, referring to the esca- tries mark their 45th an- significance” in bilateral re-
niversary of diplomatic ties decade. He said he hoped lating nuclear and missile niversary of ties on Friday, lations. He expressed hope
between Japan and China Chinese President Xi Jin- threat from North Korea, and China’s national day is that Japan sees it as an op-
as well as China’s national ping will visit Japan at the according to public broad- Sunday. portunity to draw lessons
day, in a display of his in- earliest possible date. caster NHK. Beijing welcomed the at- from history and look to the
tent to improve delicate re- Abe said stronger ties be- Abe’s attendance on a tendance of Abe, who was future and improve ties “in
lations between the Asian tween Japan and China busy day on which he dis- accompanied by Foreign a correct direction.” q