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Kim Jong Un Urges ‘Severe Blow’ to Those Sanctioning North Korea

  • North Korea will push self-reliance, not bow to sanctions: Kim
  • Pyongyang to hold first assembly meeting as Trump, Moon meet
Kim Jong Un at the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang.Source: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged a “severe blow” to those imposing sanctions on his country and told his ruling party to push “self-reliance,” signaling his determination to hold the line in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Kim told Workers’ Party of Korea officials Wednesday that the country should strike at those who thought they could make North Korea surrender through sanctions, without elaborating, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.