Kim Jong-un has been threatened with sanctions if he does not call an end to his regime’s provocative nuclear programme wong maye-e/APChina has warned North Korea not to conduct another nuclear test, the US revealed yesterday as efforts to impose tougher sanctions on Pyongyang gathered pace. Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, said China had threatened to impose sanctions of its own on the regime of Kim Jong-un unless it halted its provocative nuclear programme. Mr Tillerson, speaking to Fox News, said US intelligence indicated that Mr Kim was “not crazy”, and could be persuaded to act rationally. Mr Tillerson, Boris Johnson and fellow ministers from the 15-member security council will gather in New York today in an American-led effort to increase the pressure on the regime. An official in the Trump administration promised a “burst” of economic and diplomatic pressure to make North Korea change…

Source: The Times April 27, 2017 23:00 UTC