Canada deploys military aircraft to Japan to counter North Korea nuclear threat


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Ottawa: Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand has announced the deployment of a military aircraft to Japan in a bid to back the implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea. The Canadian government said that the CP-140 Aurora, for six weeks, will monitor suspected maritime sanctions evasion activities with special emphasis on transfers of fuel and other commodities banned by the UNSC. Since 2006, North Korea has been under UNSC sanctions over its ballistic missile and nuclear programmes. Last month, the country carried out a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone while its leader Kim...