Anchor: President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to remove the limit on the maximum payload of South Korean missiles. Moon also spoke with the leaders of Japan, Germany and Russia to discuss responses to North Korea's sixth nuclear test.
Our Alannah Hill has more.
 
Report: The leaders of South Korea and the U.S. agreed to eliminate the limit on the maximum payload of South Korean missiles during 40-minute telephone talks on Monday night.
 
The agreement will allow Seoul to develop missiles capable of striking North Korean underground bunkers. The two leaders’ decision appears to have sent a strong message of warning to the North. President Moon also decided to swiftly complete the temporary deployment of four THAAD launchers.
 
Moon and Trump shared the view that they need to put the strongest pressure and sanctions on Pyongyang, and agreed to push for stronger U.N. Security Council(UNSC) sanctions including a ban on oil exports to the North. Trump also reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the defense of its allies.
 
Also speaking to the leaders of Japan, Germany and Russia on Monday, Moon called for a different level of measures from the past that are stronger, realizable and would be keenly felt by the North.

During the phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Moon said that it's time for the UNSC to seriously consider ways to block North Korea's sources of foreign currency, including a halt to oil supplies to the North and a ban on its exportation of laborers. 
 
However, Putin showed a lukewarm response, saying that the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula can be resolved through diplomacy. 
Alannah Hill, KBS World Radio News.

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