2nd LD Writethru: S. Korea welcomes new UN resolution on DPRK

South Korea on Wednesday welcomed the adoption of a new United Nations Security Council resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, according to Seoul's foreign ministry.

The ministry said in a statement that it was a resolution including tougher-than-ever sanctions against the DPRK, expressing a perfect welcome and support toward it.

Calling the DPRK nuclear test and rocket launch as "intolerable", the statement said new UN resolution was an expression of the international community's firm will to change the DPRK's "wrong calculations" by making Pyongyang pay a harsh price for its reckless provocations that came in defiance of previous UN resolutions and the international society.

The UN Security Council unanimously approved the new sanctions against the DPRK, which conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 and went ahead with a long-range rocket launch on Feb. 7.

South Korea vowed to make all necessary efforts, including cooperation with all UN member states, to make the resolution enforced without any setbacks, saying the country will strengthen international cooperation to encourage the DPRK to dismantle its nuclear program completely, verifiably and irreversibly.

Seoul urged Pyongyang to come to a road to denuclearization as early as possible by accepting calls from the international society as seen in the new resolution. Enditem