SKorea says sanctions against North won't work

SEOUL, July 9 (Reuters) South Korea does not think proposed UN sanctions against North Korea would curb its communist neighbour's missile programme or make the region any safer, a senior presidential aide said today.

After Pyongyang defied world opinion and test-fired seven missiles last week, Japan formally introduced a UN resolution that would impose sanctions on the reclusive Stalinist state, but veto-wielding members China and Russia are both strongly opposed.

''For the time being, we do not have a clear grounds or reasoning that these sanctions will work for preventing any missile proliferation, or any factors that destabilise the regional stability,'' Song Min-soon, a top South Korean presidential security adviser told Reuters.

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