North Korea vows to match US 'hostility' with patience after new sanctions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : " North Korea also reaffirmed its action-for-action principle toward sanctions, dimming prospects for resurrecting dialogue with the US.
46% : North Korea's Vice Minister for US Affairs at the Foreign Ministry Kim Un-chol issued a press statement titled "We clarify our clear stance as we confirmed again the US ulterior intention to be hostile towards our state to the last" on Thursday morning.
41% : The press statement came after the US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions on two North Korean financial institutions and eight individuals for aiding the Kim Jong-un regime in laundering funds obtained through illicit cyber operations, including overseas IT worker fraud.
39% : The US State Department disclosed Monday that Washington will seek additional penalties in the coming days through the UN Security Council's 1718 Sanctions Committee, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed State Department official.
22% : Such punitive measures came days after US President Donald Trump's trip to South Korea last week ended without a long-sought meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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