US asks UN to impose oil embargo and block textile exports from North Korea

Latest: America is asking the UN to impose an oil embargo on North Korea following the secretive country's latest nuclear test.

Update 8.15pm: America is asking the UN to impose an oil embargo on North Korea following the secretive country's latest nuclear test.

A draft resolution also reportedly proposes banning the exports of North Korean textiles and freezing the assets of leader Kim Jong Un.