US vote on sanctions North Korea

World January 7, 2016 19:35

- The US House of Representatives will vote next week on expanding sanctions against North Korea. That spokesman Paul Ryan said Thursday. It is not yet known when the mood is right, possibly as early as Monday.

         US Secretary of State, John Kerry, reiterated Wednesday though the need for an international response to the nuclear test North Korea conducted. He called his counterparts in Japan and South Korea and stressed that the US commitment to support the safety of those countries. Kerry further called for an,, united response to the provocative actions of North Korea .
The communist country said Wednesday to have a successful underground nuclear test conducted with a hydrogen bomb.