Kazakhstan taking North Korean nuclear threat seriously

    North Korea's nuclear weapons threaten international security, Senate Speaker, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Wednesday.
    "The nuclear weapons of North Korea are threatening international security. The UN should impose targeted sanctions against the regime, but without harming the public," Tokayev tweeted.
    The situation on the Korean Peninsula has escalated after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6, claiming to have set off a miniature hydrogen bomb, which was disputed by many experts as well as the governments of South Korea and the United States.
    The UN Security Council imposed harsh new sanctions on the isolated state last week for the nuclear test. It launched a long-range rocket in February, drawing international criticism and sanctions from its rival, South Korea.
    North Korea has been "effective in evading sanctions" by continuing to engage in banned trade, "facilitated by the low level of implementation of Security Council resolutions by Member States," the Panel of Experts told Reuters.