"Pyongyang has promised to use “righteous action” in response, although without elaborating, North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported, as cited by Reuters.
“It's a wild idea to think the DPRK will be shaken and change its position due to this kind of new sanctions formulated by hostile forces,” AP cited the agency.
North Korea reiterated its previous claims that the US mainland is vulnerable, as it had earlier said that its missiles can hit the whole of the US.
“There is no bigger mistake than the United States believing that its land is safe across the ocean,” KCNA said.
Later on Monday at the ASEAN meeting in the Philippines, North Korea issued a statement saying it is ready to give Washington a "severe lesson" with its strategic nuclear force, should the US resort to military action against it. Pyongyang also said its nuclear program is not subject to negotiation.
The statement, attributed to Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, called the sanctions "fabricated" and warned there would be "strong follow-up measures," Reuters reports.
Russia wants all sides of the Korean crisis to refrain from military action and seek a diplomatic solution. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on all parties “to show maximum restraint to avoid the projection of military power on the Korean Peninsula and immediately start seeking a political and diplomatic resolution to the problems of the peninsula, including its denuclearization.” Lavrov was quoted by the Foreign Ministry after he met his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong-ho"
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"North Korea has said it needs the capability to launch intercontinental missiles at the heart of the United States to prevent an invasion.
In a statement at a meeting in Manila, it said the North Korean nuclear and missiles programmes are a legitimate defence against a clear and real US nuclear threat.
The statement went on to say North Korea was ready to teach the US a "severe lesson" with nuclear strategic force if it took military action."
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