North Korea has lashed out again at the US for not lifting sanctions against the country.

The foreign ministry said it had made various goodwill gestures, and yet the US was still following an "outdated acting script" and jeopardising any moves towards denuclearisation.

North Korea remains under a range of international and US sanctions over its nuclear programme and missile tests.

The US wants full nuclear disarmament before sanctions can be lifted.

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed in June to work towards denuclearising the Korean peninsula.

But the details of that process remain vague - North Korea did not commit to unilaterally giving up its nuclear weapons.

Last week, a leaked UN report said the country had not stopped building weapons - which prompted the US to call on the international community to keep enforcing sanctions.

On Friday, South Korea said it had caught three companies importing coal and iron from North Korea, breaching UN sanctions imposed in August last year.

Source: BBC Online

Source: 1605 HRS, AUG 10, 2018
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