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| North Korea says US and Japan 'bringing the raging wind of war' | North Korea says US and Japan 'bringing the raging wind of war' |
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| North Korea has accused the US and Japan of bringing "the raging wind of war" to the peninsula, while warning the Trump administration over any maritime blockade of the country. | |
| North Korean state media said Pyongyang would regard any maritime blockade as an act of war, as it condemned new US sanctions and said nuclear weapons would prevent threats. | North Korean state media said Pyongyang would regard any maritime blockade as an act of war, as it condemned new US sanctions and said nuclear weapons would prevent threats. |
| “The US and Japanese reactionaries must not act recklessly, keeping in mind that if they dare to provoke the DPRK, which has emerged as a nuclear power in the East and a world strategic state, with a wrong view of the changed world, they will only put their security and existence in jeopardy,” state media quoted a government spokesman as saying. | |
| The report said the statement was issued "as the US and Japan are going to extreme lengths to bring the raging wind of war to the Korean peninsula." | |
| On Friday, the US said it was imposing its largest package of sanctions aimed at pressuring North Korea into giving up its nuclear and missile programmes. | |
| Donald Trump warned of a "phase two" which could be "very, very unfortunate for the world" if the steps did not work. | |
| The US Treasury Department sanctioned one person, 27 companies and 28 ships. | |
| The sanctions' targets include a Taiwan passport holder, as well as shipping and energy firms in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The actions block assets held by the firms and individuals in the US and prohibit US citizens from dealing with them. | |
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