– this document is an extension of the U.S.’s elaborate attempt to keep us subservient with the ”maximum pressure” and it goes completely against the basic spirit of the Dprk-US joint statement of 12 June, said a spokesperson for the government on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

north korea’s state news organizations KCNA where it adds that the united states is mistaken on the worst if they believe that Pyongyang would be able to be kept in check with violence. Thursday’s seizure of the freighter was announced just hours after north Korea provskjutit two missile.

Read more: north Korean ship seized by the U.S.

”Full combat readiness”, should be taken said leader Kim Jong-Un after the event. North korea had until Thursday not provskjutit robots since november 2017, since then they have both of the heads of state had two historic summits of which none led to any concrete progress in disarmament and peace negotiations on the Korean peninsula.

Read more: ”north korea’s missiles were small and the standard

Read more: Summit in Singapore