North Korea 'categorically rejects' UN sanctionsPYONGYANG -- North Korea says a sweeping new round of U.N. sanctions aimed at choking its nuclear program by cutting off as much of a quarter of its foreign trade revenue is an "abuse of power" and will be met with tough countermeasures. "We categorically reject the U.N. Security Council resolution on sanctions against our country," Han said. North Korea's Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued soon after the sanctions in response to the North's nuclear test in September were announced, warned of tough countermeasures, but didn't say what they might be. Han said North Korea was being unfairly singled out by its political adversaries. "If a nuclear test is such a serious issue, why has the U.N. Security Council never imposed sanctions on the major powers that have carried out so many nuclear tests?

Source: The China Post December 02, 2016 16:06 UTC