SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Details of fresh U.S. sanctions on North Korea are expected to be announced late this month at the earliest as it will take more time than expected to finalize procedural preparations, government sources said Saturday.| Other than putting the Norks back onto the terrorism list, there shouldn't BE any other sanctions left that are currently unimplemented. In particular, every possible financial sanction ought to be in place now, and every bank around the world should understand that we're going to get them if they do business with the Norks. |
But Seoul's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said in a media interview last week that the new sanctions are expected to come in two weeks, raising speculation that they would be unveiled as early as this week.
Einhorn had been expected to travel to China late this month to seek Beijing's cooperation in carrying out the new sanctions. But the planned trip is also expected to be put off until early next month as the announcement of new sanctions is delayed.