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TOKYO, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- North Korea has condemned South Korea for imposing new unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang, calling them a "pipedream," Seoul's Yonhap News Agency reported Monday.
"The 'independent sanctions' announced by the (South Korean President) Park (Geun-hye) group are nothing but a pipedream," North Korea's National Reconciliation Council was quoted as saying in a statement.
The committee issued a statement on Sunday in response to Seoul's latest announcement of its punitive measures, including blacklisting more key North Korean officials and entities.
It said that Park and her followers should bear in mind that the unilateral sanctions are nothing more than "malicious fuss" which will only accelerate their miserable end.
South Korea on Friday unveiled its own punitive actions over North Korea's nuclear test in September, just a few days after the United Nations Security Council adopted a new sanctions resolution.
Seoul's move is aimed at cutting the main sources of the North's hard currency by blacklisting more officials and entities suspected of helping bankroll its nuclear and missile programs.
In March, South Korea slapped its own sanctions in response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch in the following month. (end)
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