North Korea is resisting pressure to denuclearize and vowing to continue the \u00ab\u00a0parallel development\u00a0\u00bb of weapons of mass destruction alongside economic growth.
Pyongyang is standing firm following a U. S. decision to blacklist Kim Jong Un ‘s younger sister for her propaganda activities.
Seoul also decided recently to accelerate plans for a special assassination unit targeting the North Korean leadership.
State-controlled news agency KCNA announced on Tuesday the policy of parallel development, or Byungjin, is the \u00ab\u00a0truth, and the banner of victory. \u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0If you challenge the truth, you are destined for ruin,\u00a0\u00bb the North Korean statement read. \u00ab\u00a0By continuing to keep the line of Byungjin steady, we will rise as a great political power, military power, socialist economy and civilization. \u00a0\u00bb
North Korea has continued to send out messages that include threats to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. But it is also calling on the United States to change its policy.
But ahead of U. S. President-elect Donald Trump ‘s inauguration on Friday, Washington has instead pursued further sanctions against the Pyongyang regime, including blacklisting Kim Yo Jong, who is reportedly the vice director of the propaganda department of the Korean Workers’ Party.
On Tuesday, North Korea condemned the \u00ab\u00a0second round of sanctions\u00a0\u00bb being enforced by the U. S. Treasury Department.
\u00ab\u00a0On Jan. 11, the Obama faction…sanctioned 7 North Korean individuals and 2 of our institutions,\u00a0\u00bb the KCNA statement read. \u00ab\u00a0The purpose of the additional sanctions is intended to hurt the image of the pure [North Korea]. \u00a0\u00bb
Pyongyang added, \u00ab\u00a0Obama should not waste his time on anyone’s ‘human rights,’ and devote his time to packing his belongings at the White House, while repenting for the pain and misery of countless Americans and citizens of the world. \u00a0\u00bb
North Korea did not provide a basis for its claims, neither has the country allowed outside inspectors to verify testimonies from defectors who say they have witnessed summary execution, rape, torture or forced labor under the regime.
In a separate statement, Pyongyang said South Korea’s special assassination unit would be its \u00ab\u00a0first target\u00a0\u00bb should war erupt on the peninsula, according to South Korean news service News 1.<\/p>\n

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