A photo made available by KCNA shows North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un (R) supervising the second test-fire of ICBM Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location.
Tokyo, MINA – North Korea on Monday condemned the UN Security Council’s new US-sponsored sanctions over its long-range missile tests, threatening to retaliate against the US.
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“We are ready to retaliate with far bigger actions to make the US pay a price for its crime against our country and people,” the government issued a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Calling the sanctions as a “violent infringement of its sovereignty” caused by a “heinous US plot to isolate and stifle”
North Korea, the statement also said that if “enemies” believe that North Korea can be rattled by sanctions, it is nothing more than a delusion.
“As long as the US sticks to its hostile policy and nuclear blackmailing, we will not budge an inch from our path toward strengthening our nuclear force.”
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The statement came after the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted tough new sanctions on Saturday in response to the regime’s two tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles in July. (T/RS5/RS1)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
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