The North Korean state media calls on US President Donald J. Trump on Monday to cancel its sanctions as a show of good faith on Pyongyang's decision to end its nuclear weapons testing program and allowing the remains of American troops who died during the Korean War be shipped back to the US.
Rodong Sinmun, NoKor's state-run newspaper mentioned about the US State Department's plan to hold off the sanction until the agreed denuclearization terms are met by the communist country. It further lambasts Washington's decision to amp up the sanction policies as a "way to raise its negotiating power."
"How could the sanctions, which were a stick the US administration had brandished as part of its hostile policy against us, promote the two countries' amity?" the editorial reads.
In June of this year, Trump and North Korea's own, Kim Jung-Un, concurred on the idea for both countries to work towards "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula." The historic meeting, which took place in Singapore, bore other agreements geared towards improving the ties of the said nations.
In exchange for this, Washington would not only ease on the sanctions but to also withdraw its military presence in South Korea.
SoKor Investigation and the UN Report
A report from the Telegraph, however, pointed out that the current situation in Korea is a far cry from what Pyongyang has promised in Singapore.
According to a classified United Nations report, the Jong-Un regime has still not halted its nuclear and weapons program, while continuing its illegal trade activities with countries like Russia.
As revealed over at Reuters, SoKor is currently investigating the nine cases of coal shipment coming from the upper peninsula which was apparently disguised as Russian exports.
Concrete details on the probe have yet to be publicly known but there are already a handful of cases that may prove NoKor's breach on the UN resolutions.
There are now calls directed at Pyongyang, urging the hermit nation to make true of its leader's wishes, starting with the ban of its nuclear weapons.
"One of the things that haven't happened is the demonstrable moves toward denuclearization before we can entertain something like the end-of-war declaration," US Navy Admiral Harry Harris was quoted as saying over at Telegraph.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, put emphasis on the "importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea," until the communist government implements the June deal.
