PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea Wednesday warned South Korea against joining the United States in implementing U.N. sanctions over its Oct. 9 nuclear test.
Japan's Kyodo news agency reported that a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said Pyongyang will take ''corresponding measures'' if South Korea complies with U.S. calls for it to impose sanctions.
The spokesman was quoted as saying such a step by the South would be seen "as a declaration of confrontation against its own people.''
Separately, the Korea Times reported that South Korea is planning its own punitive measures against North Korea, which will be submitted to the U.N. Security Council sanctions committee.
South Korean officials also were quoted as saying cross-border economic projects would not be seriously affected by the current U.N. sanctions.
On United States' request to South Korea to formally take part in the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative, Vice Foreign Minister Lee Kyu-hyung said the government is "reviewing appropriate measures suitable for the Security
Council resolution," the report said.
The Times report also said John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, plans to visit South Korea early next month.
