Will resume nuclear programme if sanctions continue, warns North Korea

The remarks come a week before a planned meeting between US Secy of State Mike Pompeo and N Korean official Kim Yong Chol to discuss details of a potential 2nd summit between Kim and Donald Trump

North Korea stepped up its attack on US-led sanctions, threatening to resume its nuclear program if the measures aren’t lifted.

The Foreign Ministry’s Institute for American Studies said it could revive its policy of economic construction and nuclear development if sanctions continue. The US “had better stop the self-destructive act of putting pressure” on the North, the Korean Central News Agency cited director Kwon Jong Gun as saying.

The measures hamper South Korea from pursuing cooperation projects with the North, according to the institute in a statement late Friday. That echoes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s recent comments, saying