The report said South Korea will thoroughly implement existing UN Security Council resolutions on the DPRK, while pushing to enhance ties with the DPRK after the end of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games scheduled to run by March 18.

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told the parliamentary foreign affairs committee that there was a possibility for the United States to impose fresh unilateral sanctions on the DPRK after the end of the Winter Olympics.