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N. Korea slams US for urging enforcement of sanctions
SINGAPORE, Aug 4, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – North Korea’s foreign minister Saturday
criticised the US for urging that sanctions be maintained against Pyongyang,
after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked the international community to
keep up pressure against the reclusive regime.
Despite “goodwill measures” taken by the North, Washington was “raising
its voice louder for maintaining the sanctions against the DPRK,” the North’s
Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told a security forum in Singapore, according to
a statement. DPRK are the initials of the North’s official name.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1536 hrs