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SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Wednesday welcomed a new resolution of UN Security Council on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), adopted in response to Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test three months earlier.
Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement that the fresh resolution was aimed at taking punitive action on the DPRK, issuing strong warnings against newly possible provocations and re-declaring a strong will to never accept the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs.
The statement was announced right after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution to tighten sanctions on the DPRK over its fifth atomic device detonation on Sept. 9.
The fifth test was carried out just eight months after Pyongyang's fourth nuclear detonation in January, which was followed by the launch in February of a long-range rocket.
The South Korean ministry described the new resolution adoption as a "milestone" action, saying it was the toughest-ever and the most comprehensive non-military sanctions in the UN history.
Unless the DPRK makes a strategic decision to come to the path of denuclearization, the statement said, the country will face the deepening of economic difficulties and diplomatic isolation.
South Korea vows to closely cooperate with UN members to thoroughly and completely implement the resolutions toward the DPRK.
