The Korean people suffered the worst difficulties due to the vicious moves of the U.S.-led imperialist allied forces for stifling the DPRK at the end of the last century, the article said, and went on:

The DPRK has experienced substantial economic growth in the last few years.

The announcement by the U.S. officials of new sanctions on the DPRK was described as a "declaration of war" by the DPRK. This is not some wild, extreme claim or accusation.

The DPRK is trying to repair its economy from the disaster of the 1990s.

U.S. leaders are economically strangling the DPRK, and say they are doing it because of concerns about "human rights".

The U.S. sells weapons and props up the economies of brutal absolute monarchies where even basic notions of human rights do not exist, while continuing to threaten the DPRK.

The government in the northern part of the Korean peninsula has a constitution and voting, while providing universal housing to the population. These facts alone put the DPRK miles ahead of other countries in terms of human rights.

The harsh response of the DPRK to the new sanctions should not be shocking to anyone.