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Most Popular UN Security Council holds session over N. Korea's missile tests The UN Security Council is meeting in New York, as we speak, to discuss North Korea's recent missile currently holding a meeting in New York to discuss North Korea's recent missile tests. Today's UNSC meeting was convened at the request of the United States - the first time it's called for a Security Council meeting on North Korea since Pyongyang restarted the test-firing of short-range ballistic missiles in May. Our Kan Hyeong-woo is live on the line. Hyeong-woo, we hear they have just taken a break, but the meeting is still ongoing. Could it be a sign of a toughening U.S. stance toward the North. Conn-young, the Security Council meeting began about two hours ago at 3 PM local time at the UN headquarters in New York. As you said, today's session was requested by the U.S. this week and here is the U.S. Ambassador to the UN speaking before the meeting. "Yet while the United States has sought to engage in robust diplomacy with the DPRK, we have seen deeply troubling signs that they are headed in a different direction. Let me be clear, we have not asked North Korea to do everything before we do anything. We are prepared to be flexible, but we cannot solve this problem alone. The DPRK must do its part and it must avoid provocations. It must engage in this process." The five permanent members of the Security Council - the U.S., the UK, France, China and Russia - agreed on the common goal of trying to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but they had different views on how to go about it. The U.S., the UK and France urged North Korea to stop its provocative actions and change course to get back to the negotiating table to discuss paths toward denuclearization. The three also stressed that sanctions will remain in place unless North Korea takes concrete steps first. But Russia and China called for reciprocal steps by Washington and Pyeongyang to make progresssaying negotiations cannot be lopsided. The representatives from Moscow and Beijing added sanctions should be subject to change step-by-stepdepending on what North Korea does. And prior to the session, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, met with the members of the Security Council. What do we know about that? Right, so earlier Biegun attended a luncheon with the 15 Representatives of the UN Security Council before the actual session began. Although we don't have details on what was discussed, watchers say Biegun called on the Security Council member states to urge Pyeongyang to reverse its current provocative actions and come back to the negotiating table. Biegun is also reportedly seeking to meet with North Korean officials at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom when he visits South Korea next week. 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Ultrafine particles, which are smaller than 2.5 micrometers, were also reaching severe levels nationwide with levels in the capital region being around 100 micrograms per cubic meter. "I saw that the fine dust level is high today through an application this morning so I decided to wear a mask." "The Environment Ministry has issued fine dust advisories from 6 AM to 9 PM today in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi-do Province and Chungcheongbuk-do Province, and emergency fine dust reduction measures have also been put in place." The measures have extended to tomorrow and will apply not only to the capital area, but also to Busan, Daegu, Chungcheong-do provinces, Sejong city and parts of Gangwon-do Province. Grade five emissions vehicles will be banned from operating in Seoul and the surrounding area until 9 PM and if operated, the drivers will be fined around 83 U.S. dollars. The measures also require public sector vehicles and public sector workers' vehicles that have plates ending with odd numbers not to be used. Foreigners will now be able to get translated text messages warning them of various advisories. The Korea Tourism Organization said on Monday that it will cooperate with the Ministry of Public Administration and Security to provide a service that sends emergency text messages to tourists in foreign languages. The service translates the disaster advisory text messages into eight foreign languages including English and Chinese. and sends them to tourists and foreigners residing in Korea. The service is available on an app called 'Emergency Ready' or will be provided through the '1330 Korea Travel Hotline' app. KIM Bo-kyoung, Arirang news. 2019-12-11 Trump urges Russia to help ensure North Korea's denuclearization: White House U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Russia to support Washington's efforts to ensure North Korea abandons its nuclear weapons. That's according to a White House readout after the U.S. leader met on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Oval Office. Earlier in the day, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a press conference with his Russian counterpartand expressed how unfazed Washington is about the stalled talks despite the North's recent missile tests. "As for our expectations with respect to North Korea's behavior, I think President Trump's been unambiguous about our expectation that Chairman Kim personally made the commitment to denuclearize, so there wouldn't be long range missile tests, nuclear tests. All of those are commitments that we are very hopeful that the North Koreans will continue to abide by." Pompeo said Washington continues to look for ways to communicate with the North to negotiate a path toward denuclearization. The top U.S. diplomat addedboth the U.S. and Russia are determined to help the North Koreans get there so they can have "the brighter future" that President Trump has spoken about so often. But Lavrov called for reciprocal steps by Washington and Pyeongyang to make progresssaying denuclearization negotiations cannot be lopsided. "I have said that before, and I will say it again, it is not realistic to expect North Korea to do everything that the U.S. wants them to do." The U.S. and Russia are both veto-wielding permanent members of the UN Security Councilmeaning they can prevent the adoption of any "substantive" resolution against North Korea. Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News. 2019-12-11 Moon to leave for China for annual trilateral summit with regional players South Korea's top office has confirmed that President Moon Jae-in is slated to embark for China this month for both three-way and possible bilateral summit meetings with regional players. The South Korean leader will be heading to China's Chengdu of Sichuan Province for an annual trilateral summit meeting on Christmas Eve. "Against the backdrop of the South Korea-China-Japan summit meeting next week, President Moon, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will discuss substantive tripartite cooperation as well as global affairs in Northeast Asia." The agenda will most likely include regional security issues, the Korean Peace Process, and the recent provocations by North Korea. An official at the presidential office also said consultations are under way regarding possible separate bilateral summits on the sidelines with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. If the summits take place, the one-on-one between Seoul and Japan would come amid tensions that started escalating last year when South Korea's top court ordered Japanese firms to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor. Tokyo retaliated the court's decision by triggering a trade spat with Seoul which eventually led to the virtual termination of a security pact, now temporarily extended, between the two neighboring countries. Moon and Abe met briefly on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok last month, with the two leaders exchanging hopes for agreeing on practical measures to improve bilateral relations. And the meeting with Chinese President Xi would offer the chance for President Moon to discuss ways to regain denuclearization momentum for the Korean Peninsula amid the colossal clash between Washington and Beijing over trade issues. Marking the 20th anniversary of cooperation between the three regional players the presidential office hoped the three-way summit churns results that would benefit all parties. Shin Se-min Arirang News. 2019-12-11
