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S Korea, Japan unveil sanctions over alleged Russia-N Korea arms trade South Korea and Japan announced on Friday a series of sanctions applied to individuals, organisations and ships related to Russia's alleged procurement of weapons from North Korea in breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Seoul's foreign ministry said sanctions had been slapped on seven North Korean individuals and two Russian vessels over weapons trade and other activities between Pyongyang and Moscow. The Russian vessels had been carrying a large quantity of containers between Russia and North Korea transporting military supplies in a clear violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, the ministry said in a statement. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #S Korea, Japan unveil sanctions over alleged #Russia_N_Korea_arms

S Korea, Japan unveil sanctions over alleged Russia-N Korea arms trade South Korea and Japan announced on Friday a series of sanctions applied to individuals, organisations and ships related to Russia's alleged procurement of weapons from North Korea in breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Seoul's foreign ministry said sanctions had been slapped on seven North Korean individuals and two Russian vessels over weapons trade and other activities between Pyongyang and Moscow. The Russian vessels had been carrying a large quantity of containers between Russia and North Korea transporting military supplies in a clear violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, the ministry said in a statement. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #S Korea, Japan unveil sanctions over alleged #Russia_N_Korea_arms

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Japan, U.S. to boost security ties with UK, Australia, Philippines Japan and the United States are set to strengthen their security partnership with Britain, Australia and the Philippines to counter China's assertive military posture, government sources said Saturday. Under the closer security ties, the five countries will increase joint drills in the Indo-Pacific region and promote cooperation on defensive technologies, the sources said. The new partnership is expected to be agreed upon at a meeting of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden during an April 10 summit in Washington. It will be included in a joint statement to be issued after the summit. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #Japan #US #Boost_Security_Ties

Japan, U.S. to boost security ties with UK, Australia, Philippines Japan and the United States are set to strengthen their security partnership with Britain, Australia and the Philippines to counter China's assertive military posture, government sources said Saturday. Under the closer security ties, the five countries will increase joint drills in the Indo-Pacific region and promote cooperation on defensive technologies, the sources said. The new partnership is expected to be agreed upon at a meeting of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden during an April 10 summit in Washington. It will be included in a joint statement to be issued after the summit. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #Japan #US #Boost_Security_Ties

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Russia warns Japan of 'serious consequences' if Patriot missiles made there end up in Ukraine Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. license in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year. In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. license are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #Russia #Japan #Patriot

Russia warns Japan of 'serious consequences' if Patriot missiles made there end up in Ukraine Russia's newly appointed ambassador to Japan has warned Tokyo of serious consequences and retaliatory steps if Patriot missile systems manufactured under U.S. license in Japan end up in Ukraine, the RIA news agency reported on Friday. RIA cited the new envoy, Nikolai Nozdrev, as saying that Moscow would be watching closely to see where Japanese arms exports ended up after Tokyo softened its export rules at the end of last year. In particular, he said, Russia would be watching to see if and when any Patriot missile complexes and missiles made in Japan under U.S. license are exported to the United States and then to Ukraine. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #Russia #Japan #Patriot