S. Korea, U.N. Security Council members to discuss sanctions on N. Korea

South Korea will hold talks with members of the U.N. Security Council next week to draw a strong resolution against North Korea over its recent nuclear test, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

The council has begun to draft a new resolution to impose harsher sanctions on Pyongyang after its fourth nuclear detonation last week. North Korea is already under a wide array of sanctions for its past nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

Shin Dong-ik, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for multilateral and global affairs, will visit New York on Monday for a three-day stay, during which he plans to meet with ambassadors to the U.N. from council members including the U.S., China and Japan, according to ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck.

"Our government will continue to communicate and cooperate closely with the international community to draw a strong and effective Security Council resolution as well as other effective sanction measures at the unilateral and multilateral levels," he said during a press briefing. (Yonhap)