North Korea has vowed to exact “thousands-fold” revenge against the US after the UN imposed new sanctions in response to its recent tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles. The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said on Monday that North Korea should halt missile launches if it wanted to negotiate. The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, described the measures as “the single largest economic sanctions package ever levelled” against North Korea. Q&A Why does the North Korean regime pursue a nuclear programme? He did not indicate what action North Korea was considering in response to the new UN sanctions.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2017 08:28 UTC