Press N Korea to implement curbs: US to UN


United Nations: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked the UN Security Council to keep up the pressure on North Korea by guaranteeing full application of the sanctions on Pyongyang.

Pompeo, in a statement to the media, said this punish­ment should not let up until North Korean leader Kim Jong-un keeps his promise to proceed toward denucleari­sa­tion, Efe reported.

The US remains “optimistic” about the chances to make progress with North, but believes when sanctions are not adequately applied, the possibilities of success diminish, he said.