North Korea Tells U.S. That Sanctions, Pressure ‘Won’t Work’

North Korea told the U.S. that sanctions and pressure -- as evident from the past -- won’t work to force the country into action on its nuclear program.

“The U.S. should realize before it is too late that ‘maximum pressure’ would not work against us and take a sincere approach to implementing the Singapore DPRK-U.S. Joint Statement,” the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency said Sunday, citing a statement from the policy research director of the Institute for American Studies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.