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North Korea Rejects New Sanctions, Vows Revenge on Sympathizers

  • U.S. must drop hostility, learn to co-exist with N.Korea: KCNA
  • UN Security Council measure follows November missile test

North Korea Crisis Continues to Escalate

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North Korea rejected tighter United Nations sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear expansion, describing the move as an “act of war” and vowing to take revenge on U.S. sympathizers who approved it.

The U.S. “must abandon its hostile policy” toward North Korea, “learn to co-exist” and “wake up from its pipe-dream of our country giving up nuclear weapons,” the Korean Central News Agency said Sunday, citing a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.