US ups pressure on NK in carrot-and-stick approach
Foreign affairsJun 24, 2018
The extension of economic sanctions against North Korea being coupled with the suspension of further South Korea-US joint military drills hints at US President Donald Trump’s message to the regime, experts say. On Friday, Trump renewed sanctions on North Korea for a year in an executive order, saying the country poses an “extraordinary threat,” just 10 days after saying there was no nuclear risk from Pyongyang. US President Donald Trump (Yonhap)The state of national emergency over the threat po