The ongoing diplomatic row between the United States and North Korea hit a new low point on Sunday after North Korea accused the U. S. of being \u201ca felonious and lawless gangster state.\u201d …<\/b>
\nThe ongoing diplomatic row between the United States and North Korea hit a new low point on Sunday after North Korea accused the U. S. of being \u201ca felonious and lawless gangster state.\u201d According to The New York Times, the diplomatic row arose after a delegation of North Korean diplomats were reportedly stopped at New York\u2019s JFK International Airport, and a diplomatic package that was in their possession was seized by U. S. officials. The report adds that the package was confiscated by a group of agents from the United States Department of Homeland Security when the North Korean diplomats were making their way onto an aircraft bound for Pyongyang, the capital city of the country.
The North Korean delegation was returning after the conclusion of a United Nations conference when they were stopped and searched by officials from the Department of Homeland Security. While U. S. officials have not revealed what the package contained, the North Koreans claim that they had a valid diplomatic courier certificate for carrying the package. Hours after the incident came to light, the North Korean Central News Agency issues a press release in which they described the incident as a grave mistake on the part of the U. S. while warning that there will be \u201cgrave consequences to follow.\u201d An excerpt from the statement issued by North Korea read;
The North Korean spokesperson also described the incident as \u201cmugging\u201d and that it was an \u201cintolerable act of infringement upon the sovereignty of North Korea.\u201d The statement also insisted that the U. S. explain the reason behind their behavior towards North Korean diplomats, followed by an apology. Meanwhile, the U. S. Department of Homeland Security did not issue an official response to the claims made by North Korea.
This newest diplomatic row between the U. S. and North Korea comes at the same the Koreans released Otto F. Warmbier, an American college student who was in the country for 17 months in captivity. However, Warmbier, who was healthy at the time of his arrest came back a completely different man and had suffered extensive brain damage during his imprisonment in North Korea. The Koreans claimed that Warmbier was released on \u201chumanitarian grounds\u201d while not bothering to reveal what happened to him in the 17 months he was in prison. Warmbier was arrested back in January 2016 after he overstayed in North Korea \u2013 being there on a tourist visa. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison by North Korea and was accused of committing the \u201chostile act\u201d of stealing a political poster from a wall in his hotel.
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