South Korea says it has persuaded China and Japan to take part in financial sanctions against North Korea.
It comes in the wake of the sinking of a South Korean naval ship by a North Korean submarine.
In a BBC interview, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speculated that the sinking of the Cheonan might have been the result of internal Pyongyang politics.
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