North Korea warns against US monitoring

North Korea on Thursday condemned new efforts to monitor sanctions enforcement against it and warned the United States of an “upward readjustment of force” in response.

“If the U.S. introduces a new version of sanctions against the DPRK, the latter will take a new opportunity necessary for its upward readjustment of force, which the U.S. is most afraid of,” Kim Un Chol, vice minister for U.S. Affairs, said in a statement.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the official name of North Korea.

Kim’s remarks came in response to a visit to South Korea last week by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield.