{"id":56820,"date":"2018-01-18T07:07:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T07:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56820"},"modified":"2018-01-18T07:07:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T07:07:56","slug":"tillerson-says-sanctions-are-really-starting-to-hurt-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/tillerson-says-sanctions-are-really-starting-to-hurt-north-korea.html","title":{"rendered":"Tillerson says sanctions &#8216;are really starting to hurt&#8217; North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tillerson says sanctions &#8216;are really starting to hurt&#8217; North Korea<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that international sanctions \u201care really starting to hurt\u201d North Korea, suggesting U.S. military action may not be needed right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Speaking at an event at Stanford University in California, Tillerson said that South Korean President Moon Jae-in attributed North Korea\u2019s willingness to talk to the pressure felt by the sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe are getting a lot of evidence that these sanctions are really starting to hurt,\u201d Tillerson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He cited a report by Japan that more than 100 North Korean fishing boats drifted into its waters and, because of the sanctions, nearly two-thirds of those aboard died, Reuters reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWhat they learned is that they are being sent out in the winter time, because there\u2019s food shortages, and they are being sent out to fish with inadequate fuel to get back,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Although the Trump administration has made it clear that all options, including military, are available, it prefers a diplomatic solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tillerson also praised Beijing for their unprecedented cooperation with increasing pressure on Pyongyang, but pointed out that the same could not be said for Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cWe have never had Chinese support for sanctions like we\u2019re getting now,\u201d he said. \u201cRussia\u2019s a slightly different issue, but the Chinese have leaned in hard on the North Koreans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Despite the praise, China expressed its frustration after it was not invited to a gathering of 20 nations in Vancouver on how to deal with North Korea\u2019s nuclear threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Spokesman Lu Kang on Wednesday said excluding it and others involved in the matter would not be helpful to finding a resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 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