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North Korea says US sanctions on Kim Jong-Un `a declaration of war`
North Korea said Friday that the new US sanctions targeting its leader Kim Jong-Un amounted to a `declaration of a war` and vowed to take strong retaliatory measures.
Seoul: North Korea said Friday that the new US sanctions targeting its leader Kim Jong-Un amounted to a "declaration of a war" and vowed to take strong retaliatory measures.
The move by the United States constituted "the worst hostile act" and "an open declaration of a war" against the North, Pyongyang`s foreign ministry said in a statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.