NEW YORK - US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said Monday her country was "not looking for war" with North Korea, as the UN Security Council unanimously passed new sanctions she said would "starve the regime" into stopping its nuclear programme. "We must stop its march towards a nuclear arsenal with the ability to deliver it anywhere in the world," she said of North Korea. The North Korean regime has not yet passed the point of no return. Beijing and Moscow have recently called for a freeze-for-freeze agreement with North Korea, which would see the US and South Korea halt military drills on the Korean Peninsula in exchange for Pyongyang stopping its nuclear and ballistic missile programme. Haley last week called the proposal "insulting" and said the US has maintained that North Korea needs to halt their activities before talks can take place.

Source: The China Post September 12, 2017 06:56 UTC