SKorea Balks at Measures to Sanction North (AP)

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SKorea Balks at Measures to Sanction North

By JAE-SOON CHANG
The Associated Press
Monday, November 13, 2006; 3:35 AM

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea balked Monday at participating in a U.S.-led
plan that foresees intercepting North Korean ships suspected of carrying supplies
for the regime's nuclear and missile weapons programs.

Seoul, worried that stopping and searching ships could lead to armed clashes
with the North, also insisted it is already doing enough to prevent weapons
proliferation by Pyongyang, which detonated a nuclear weapon on Oct. 9.

South Korea is finalizing a report on how it would carry out the U.N. sanctions
slapped on North Korea in response to the nuclear test.

Park In-kook, a deputy foreign minister, said Seoul already participated in various
regimes to control weapons of mass destruction, and wouldn't formally join the
U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative, a campaign aimed largely at stopping
North Korean weapons traffic by sea.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111300084.html