North Korean officials are calling for the U. S. to drop economic sanctions against the country in exchange for what Pyongyang says were recent gestures of goodwill. What did they say? The Rodong Sinmun — a newspaper run by the ruling Workers‘ Party — published an editorial Monday accusing Washington
North Korean officials are calling for the U. S. to drop economic sanctions against the country in exchange for what Pyongyang says were recent gestures of goodwill.
The Rodong Sinmun — a newspaper run by the ruling Workers’ Party — published an editorial Monday accusing Washington of “acting opposite” from its promises to work on improving relations with North Korea, saying that Pyongyang had showed good faith by agreeing to denuclearize and by returning the remains of U. S. soldiers killed in the Korean War.
“There have been outrageous arguments coming out of the U. S. State Department that it won’t ease sanctions until a denuclearization is completed, and reinforcing sanctions is a way to raise its negotiating power,” the paper stated, Business Insider reported. “How could the sanctions, which were a stick the U. S. administration had brandished as part of its hostile policy against us, promote the two countries’ amity?”
Over the weekend, Fox News reported, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said that while his country has “initiated goodwill measures” such as a “moratorium on the nuclear test and rocket launch test and dismantling of nuclear test ground,” and added that the U.
