North Korea says U.S. 'hell-bent on hostile acts' despite wanting to talk

By Michelle Nichols

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose at a military demarcation line at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea's mission to the United Nations accused the United States on Wednesday of being "more and more hell-bent on hostile acts" against Pyongyang, despite President Donald Trump wanting talks between the two countries.

 

In a statement the mission said it was responding to a U.S. accusation that Pyongyang breached a cap on refined petroleum imports and a letter that it said was sent on June 29 by the United States, France, Germany and Britain to all U.N. member states urging them to implement sanctions against North Korea.

 

"What can't be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the U.N. under instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed for the summit meeting," the statement said.

 

Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea on Sunday when he met leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas. The pair agreed to resume stalled talks aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.

 

The North Korean U.N. mission said the June 29 letter to U.N. member states "speaks to the reality that the United States is practically more and more hell-bent on the hostile acts against the DPRK, though talking about the DPRK-U.S. dialogue."

 

North Korea is formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

 

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.

 

'OBSESSED WITH SANCTIONS'

The United States, backed by dozens of allies, told a council sanction committee last month that North Korea had breached an annual U.N. cap of 500,000 barrels imposed in December 2017, mainly through transfers between ships at sea.

 

Washington wanted the 15-member North Korea sanctions committee to demand an immediate halt to deliveries of refined petroleum to North Korea. However, Pyongyang allies Russia and China delayed the move.

 

The letter from the United States, Germany, Britain and France cited by North Korea's U.N. mission - and viewed by Reuters - was actually dated June 27. It urges all U.N. member states to comply with Security Council sanctions requiring the repatriation of all North Korean workers by Dec. 22, 2019.

 

"It is quite ridiculous for the United States to continue to behave obsessed with sanctions and pressure campaign against the DPRK, considering sanctions as a panacea for all problems," the North Korean U.N. mission said on Wednesday.

 

Following Sunday's meeting between Kim and Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a new round of denuclearization talks would likely happen "sometime in July ... probably in the next two or three weeks" and North Korea's negotiators would be foreign ministry diplomats.

 

The United States and other U.N. Security Council members have said there must be strict enforcement of sanctions until Pyongyang acts, while Russia and China have suggested the council discuss easing the measures.

 

"All U.N. member states will have to keep vigilance against deliberate attempts by the United States to undermine the peaceful atmosphere that has been created on the Korean Peninsula in no easy way," the North Korean statement said.

 

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-04

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Trump’s signature mix of tough talk and feeble action is having exactly the effect as thinking people have expected and feared. It weakens America’s position in Asia, and strengthens China’s. Trumps bellicose and amateurish antics over the issue are undermining America’s strategic credibility, while doing nothing to prevent North Korea building a missile with the range to hit the US mainland

It is hard to escape the suspicion that Trump and his closest colleagues are not really serious about dealing with North Korea's nuclear challenge but use these meetings purely as campaign PR shots

3 minutes ago, expatfromwyoming said:

Trump’s signature mix of tough talk and feeble action

What exactly are you talking about when you say "Trumps tough talk"?

Having read the OP twice , I cannot see anything said by Trump

So, what so you mean by Trumps tough talk ?

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

What exactly are you talking about when you say "Trumps tough talk"?

Having read the OP twice , I cannot see anything said by Trump

So, what so you mean by Trumps tough talk ?

Historical context!!!!!!!!

Just now, expatfromwyoming said:

Historical context!!!!!!!!

Nothing to do with this thread then , just yet another Trump bashing post 

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

Nothing to do with this thread then , just yet another Trump bashing post 

 I voted for him and have the right to judge- not bashing as you imply

North Korea has engaged on outlandish verbiage for decades...nothing to see here...

1 hour ago, expatfromwyoming said:

Trump’s signature mix of tough talk and feeble action is having exactly the effect as thinking people have expected and feared. It weakens America’s position in Asia, and strengthens China’s. Trumps bellicose and amateurish antics over the issue are undermining America’s strategic credibility, while doing nothing to prevent North Korea building a missile with the range to hit the US mainland

It is hard to escape the suspicion that Trump and his closest colleagues are not really serious about dealing with North Korea's nuclear challenge but use these meetings purely as campaign PR shots

Agree. The main outcome yet has been a few sets of nice pictures with a "nice guy".

The cross border handshake another huge success for Trump-not.

Said it before, Xi and fat boy are playing him like cats with a mouse.

 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

What can't be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the U.N. under instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed for the summit meeting," the statement said.

Oh... I don’t know.

 

surely if anything, this just proves that the trump doesn’t bother to co ordinate anything with actual government functionaries, underscoring the cluster sex that is A45.

8 minutes ago, jany123 said:

 

Oh... I don’t know.

 

surely if anything, this just proves that the trump doesn’t bother to co ordinate anything with actual government functionaries, underscoring the cluster sex that is A45.

This story is about North Korea being unhappy that sanctions are still in place , sanctions being carried out by every Country in the World and this story has little to do with Trump

5 minutes ago, sanemax said:

This story is about North Korea being unhappy that sanctions are still in place , sanctions being carried out by every Country in the World and this story has little to do with Trump

Apparently, the North Koreans think Trump is relevant to the situation:

"What can't be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the U.N. under instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed for the summit meeting," the statement said."

9 hours ago, expatfromwyoming said:

while doing nothing to prevent North Korea building a missile with the range to hit the US mainland

Doing nothing? What do you call sanctions? Apparently the sanctions must be working if they are talking with the USA? What do you suggest the US / UN should do? Start a war?

2 hours ago, jany123 said:

 

Oh... I don’t know.

 

surely if anything, this just proves that the trump doesn’t bother to co ordinate anything with actual government functionaries, underscoring the cluster sex that is A45.

 

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

This story is about North Korea being unhappy that sanctions are still in place , sanctions being carried out by every Country in the World and this story has little to do with Trump

Oh... I don’t know.

 

I posted (and maintain) that this story is about the trump saying one thing, whilst the administration proper, is saying another, and I’m adding that it’s a disturbing trend that all state leaders should be concerned about If considering dealing with that regime (A45)

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

What can't be overlooked is the fact that this joint letter game was carried out by the permanent mission of the United States to the U.N. under instruction of the State Department, on the very same day when President Trump proposed for the summit meeting," the statement said. 

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

This story is about North Korea being unhappy that sanctions are still in place , sanctions being carried out by every Country in the World and this story has little to do with Trump

This story has everything to do with Donald and his mismanagement of this issue imo the outcome will be a freeze of what Kim has if we are lucky Donald won’t get Kim to give up his nukes he has allready squandered all the chips

10 hours ago, expatfromwyoming said:

Trump’s signature mix of tough talk and feeble action is having exactly the effect as thinking people have expected and feared. It weakens America’s position in Asia, and strengthens China’s. Trumps bellicose and amateurish antics over the issue are undermining America’s strategic credibility, while doing nothing to prevent North Korea building a missile with the range to hit the US mainland

It is hard to escape the suspicion that Trump and his closest colleagues are not really serious about dealing with North Korea's nuclear challenge but use these meetings purely as campaign PR shots

 

By editing away the first half of this comment above, leaving only “... while doing nothing to prevent North Korea  from building a missile with the range to hit the US mainland” (post 14 quote of text above) you attempt to change the meaning, to enable this post below

 

17 minutes ago, ericthai said:

Doing nothing? What do you call sanctions? Apparently the sanctions must be working if they are talking with the USA? What do you suggest the US / UN should do? Start a war?

This response completely misrepresents the intent of the post you reference, and is a dishonest manipulation of another posters words.

 

anyway... whichever way you wish to jump and dump, the sanctions have not stopped NK from either building a bomb, building a delivery system or testing that system, so therefore they have not worked to prevent nuclear awareness.

 

what should the US/UN do, you ask?. collaborate... as opposed to the US acting unilaterally and against UN advise and recommendations.

 

9 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

North Korea has engaged on outlandish verbiage for decades...nothing to see here...

 

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

This story is about North Korea being unhappy that sanctions are still in place , sanctions being carried out by every Country in the World and this story has little to do with Trump

Is that your response every time- your time line seems to substantiate that uninformed position

47 minutes ago, Tug said:

This story has everything to do with Donald and his mismanagement of this issue imo the outcome will be a freeze of what Kim has if we are lucky Donald won’t get Kim to give up his nukes he has allready squandered all the chips

Remember, he ( Trump) is the greatest negotiator the world has ever seen according to his own ghost written verbiage- lol

51 minutes ago, Tug said:

This story has everything to do with Donald and his mismanagement of this issue imo the outcome will be a freeze of what Kim has if we are lucky Donald won’t get Kim to give up his nukes he has allready squandered all the chips

OORAH to that from a US Marine

Looks like tangerine albino man speaks with forked tongue again Mr Kim????

He  came. He went. Back  home to organize a military spectacle.

NK leader in seclusion resting from  from laughing   near to  death?

Trump is coming to be the same as Rodman. Both weird and creepy.

Geese Donald Sens him some chocolates or something you say you  fell in love after all

On 7/4/2019 at 11:42 AM, sanemax said:

What exactly are you talking about when you say "Trumps tough talk"?

Having read the OP twice , I cannot see anything said by Trump

So, what so you mean by Trumps tough talk ?

Trump talks a tough game, and then kisses a** over and over ????