BERLIN -- The German government will soon ban the North Korean embassy here from leasing out part of its building for profit in accordance with a latest UN resolution against the reclusive country's nuclear test, local news media reported Tuesday.

The chancellor's office and justice and economy ministries are in consultation on the punitive step in order to implement the international community's economic sanctions against the North's nuclear program, the daily Suddeutsche Zeitung and public broadcasters NDR and WDR said. 

UN Resolution 2321, adopted in late November in the wake of the North's fifth nuclear test in September, forbids member countries from allowing North Korean missions on their soil to make commercial use of their structures.

The North Korean embassy has been raking in 38,000 euros per month by leasing out the unused areas of its building to local hostel and conference center operators since 2014, the daily said.

The embassy is located between two famous city tourist destinations -- the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie.

German State Secretary Markus Ederer stressed the German government persistently put UN- and EU-imposed sanctions against the North into practice in order to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear development and return to the negotiating table, the daily said.

In doing so, what is particularly important is to block a source of funds that can be used for nuclear development, Ederer was cited as saying.

The North stationed some 100 diplomats in the embassy in East Berlin during the Cold War, and operates with some 10 at present, according to the daily. (Yonhap)