calendar>>March 23. 2018 Juche 107

Rodong Sinmun Slams U.S. and Its Vassal Forces' Sanctions Racket against DPRK

Pyongyang, March 23 (KCNA) -- Dignitaries of the White House and departments of state and defense of the U.S. are crying out for "maintaining the policy of maximum pressure" on the DPRK, whenever they open their mouths. Vassal forces including Japan are echoing it, saying that the prevailing situation on the Korean peninsula is a proof of effective sanctions and the sanctions should be maintained as ever.

Rodong Sinmun's Friday commentary terms this sheer nonsense of those hell-bent on sanctions racket.

The positive climate prevailing on the Korean peninsula was created thanks to the proactive measures and efforts of the DPRK and it can by no means be the result of the U.S. and its vassal forces' sanctions, the commentary says, and goes on:

U.S. sanctions do not work on the DPRK. The more pressure the U.S. puts on the DPRK, the stronger Juche Korea becomes, endangering the destiny of the U.S.

The U.S. and its vassal forces are desperately resorting to the toughest sanctions and pressure racket against the DPRK by employing all means and methods. But this is just a last-ditch effort to get rid of fear and despair caused by their defeat and wretched plight.

If the U.S. persists in acting rashly, not drawing a lesson from its failure in the showdown with the DPRK, the former is bound to face bitterer disgrace and defeat.