BEIJING N’Golo Kante World Cup Jersey , Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United States and its two Asian allies moved Wednesday to widen their sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to the latter's satellite launch.


The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to impose harsher sanctions against the DPRK after Pyongyang conducted its fourth nuclear test and launched a satellite into orbit in the past two months.


The bill expands and tightens enforcement of sanctions against the DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile development and other destructive activities, said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez.


It would require U.S. President Barack Obama to punish anyone involved with the DPRK's nuclear weapons program, arms-related materials, luxury goods, human rights abuses Moussa Sissoko World Cup Jersey , activities that negatively impact cybersecurity and the use of coal or metals in any of the activities.


Penalties would include the seizure of assets, visa bans and denial of government contracts.


"It ... leaves no doubt about our determination to neutralize any threat with robust, realistic diplomacy to reach the clear goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula," said Menendez. "It is time now for the United States to take the North Korea challenge seriously."


Also on Wednesday, South Korea announced a plan to completely stop operations at a jointly run factory park with the DPRK.


The decision ended the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation Morgan Schneiderlin World Cup Jersey , which Seoul saw as a key source of cash to advance Pyongyang's nuclear and missile technology.


Unification Minister Hong Yong-Pyo told a televised press briefing that the DPRK conducted extremist provocations in defiance of repeated warnings from the international community.


Calling recent provocations as an intolerable act and a challenge to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the world, Hong said Pyongyang has never shown intention to give up its nuclear and missile programs.


Hong also expressed concern that the DPRK' nuclear development may lead to a "nuclear domino" in the region.


The Japanese government on Wednesday decided to impose new sanctions and reinstate