{"id":46201,"date":"2018-08-05T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T08:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=46201"},"modified":"2018-08-05T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T08:49:01","slug":"n-korea-calls-us-actions-on-nuclear-programme-alarming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=46201","title":{"rendered":"N Korea calls US actions on nuclear programme ‘alarming’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International desk: North Korea's foreign minister has called US actions “alarming” as tensions over the North's nuclear programme again flared.<\/p>\n

Ri Yong-ho was responding to comments by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging other countries to keep up sanctions pressure on Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

A landmark summit between the US and North Korea in June saw the North agree to work towards denuclearisation, reports BBC.<\/p>\n

But details remain vague and the UN says its nuclear programme continues.<\/p>\n

At a regional forum in Singapore, Mr Pompeo said it was important to maintain “diplomatic and economic pressure” on North Korea to achieve “the final, fully verified denuclearisation”.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang is currently under a range of international and US sanctions over its nuclear programme and missile tests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: North Korea’s foreign minister has called US actions “alarming” as tensions over the North’s nuclear programme again flared. Ri Yong-ho was responding to comments by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging other countries to keep up sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. A landmark summit between the US and North Korea in June […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":46202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n