WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said the United States would enforce sanctions set in the 1874 UN Security Council Resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), NBC networks reported on Sunday.

    The United States will enforce the resolution, said Biden in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press," adding "It is important that we make sure those sanctions stick and those sanctions prohibit them from exporting or importing weapons."

    The resolution, which was unanimously approved by the 15-memberbody, condemns Pyongyang's recent nuclear and missile tests and includes provisions for inspecting cargo coming out of the DPRK, a total ban on weapons exports from the country and stronger financial sanctions.

    The vice president dismissed the latest threat by the DPRK, adding that keeping the pressure on Pyongyang is necessary for the Northeast Asia' security and stability.

    "We can't guess (the DPRK leader Kim Jong Il's) motivations; we just have to deal with the reality that a North Korea that is either proliferating weapons and or missiles, or a North Korea that is using those weapons," said Biden.

    Responding to the UN resolution, Pyongyang vowed to start enriching uranium to make more nuclear weapons, and to "weaponize" all the plutonium it could extract from used fuel rods at the Yongbyon nuclear plant.

    U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice on Friday, just after the UN Security Council approved the resolution, warned that it would not be a surprise if Pyongyang reacted to the resolution with further provocative actions "based on past experience and a pattern that North Korea has of reckless and dangerous actions."

    As to the threat, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that the United States would "do all we can to prevent continued proliferation by the North Koreans."

    "The North Koreans' continuing provocative actions are deeply regrettable," said the top U.S. diplomat, adding "They have now been denounced by everyone. They have become further isolated."

    On May 25, the DPRK announced it has "successfully conducted one more underground nuclear test," which Pyongyang said has demonstrated "self-defensive nuclear deterrent." Following the test, it also fired some short-range missiles.

    Reports here quoted intelligence officials as saying that the DPRK has moved a long-range ballistic missile, which could be a version of the Taepodong-2, to a west coast launch site in preparation for a possible test launch within days.

UN Security Council members reach consensus on DPRK nuclear test

    UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning "in the strongest terms" a recent nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and imposing new sanctions.

    Resolution 1874 demanded that the DPRK "not conduct any further nuclear test or any launch using ballistic missile technology" and urged that the isolated country come back to the six-party talks without preconditions. Full story

UN chief urges DPRK to comply with Security Council resolution

    UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to fully comply with the resolution adopted by the Security Council in response to its recent nuclear test.

    Unanimously adopting Resolution 1874 earlier on Friday, the 15-member Security Council imposed tougher sanctions on the DPRK, including a tighter arms embargo and new financial restrictions, and urged the country to immediately return to the six-party talks.  Full story

Envoy: China supports "appropriate, balanced" response of Security Council to DPRK nuclear test

    UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- China supports "an appropriate and balanced reaction" from the UN Security Council to the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Chinese envoy said here on Friday.

    Zhang Yesui, Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, made the statement as he was speaking to the full Security Council meeting after the 15-nation UN body unanimously adopted a resolution condemning "in the strongest terms" the May 25 nuclear test by the DPRK, the second since 2006.  Full story

S. Korea hails UN resolution on DPRK nuclear test

    SEOUL, June 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Saturday praised the adoption of a new UN Security Council resolution on a recent nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap news agency reported.  Full story

Japanese PM urges DPRK to take UN resolution "seriously"

    TOKYO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Saturday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to take the UN Security Council resolution "seriously," local media reported.

    "We demand North Korea take seriously the international community's unbending message in the resolution and comply with it," Aso said in a statement shortly after the UN Security Council adopted the resolution over Pyongyang's May 25 nuclear test.  Full story

U.S. satisfied with UN resolution on DPRK

    WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Obama administration on Friday voiced its satisfaction with a new UN Security Council resolution against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying the resolution would restrain the country's nuclear proliferation.

    "We're very pleased the Security Council just within an hour and a half passed a brand new resolution," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters at the press briefing in the White House, soon after the 15-member body unanimously approved the resolution.  Full story

UN Security Council adopts resolution expanding sanctions on DPRK

The UN Security Council holds a conference at the UN headquarters to vote on the draft resolution on the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), in New York, June 12, 2009. The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the recent nuclear test conducted by the DPRK and imposing new sanctions. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Photo Gallery>>>

    UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution condemning "in the strongest terms" a recent nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and imposing new sanctions.

    It demanded that the DPRK "not conduct any further nuclear test or any launch using ballistic missile technology."  Full story