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U.S. Economic Sanctions against DPRK under Fire

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- The United States is using economic sanctions as leverage for undisguised interference in the internal affairs of other countries and blockade against them and such sanctions and blockade against the DPRK, in particular, have reached their height in their harsh and persistent nature. Rodong Sinmun Saturday says this in a signed article. Recalling that scores of acts are now in force in the U.S. for economic sanctions and blockade against the DPRK, the article refers to the historical fact that the former has intensified economic sanctions and blockade against the latter after listing it as "an enemy state" after its liberation.
    It goes on:
    U.S. economic sanctions aimed to isolate and suffocate the DPRK and bring it to its knees has become graver and more vicious in the new century.
    What merits attention is that the U.S. imperialists are working hard to internationalize the economic sanctions and blockade against the DPRK.
    The U.S. worked out the strategy of "international siege" to the DPRK involving the ban on remittance, actions to intercept and seize ships and planes and naval blockade and has entered the phase of its implementation.
    The U.S. strategy of blockade against the DPRK is aimed to drive the DPRK into greater economic difficulties and, furthermore, bring the DPRK under its control by force of arms.
    While persisting in its economic sanctions against the DPRK, the U.S. calculates that "north Korea would not stand the protracted economic sanctions applied by the international community".
    This only betrays the U.S. utter ignorance of the DPRK. The U.S. economic sanctions may impede the economic development in the DPRK to a certain extent. But such despicable method will get the U.S. nowhere.
    The Korean people have victoriously advanced the revolution and construction and increased the economic and military potentials of the country despite scores of years-long harsh economic sanctions and blockade of the U.S. imperialists and other imperialist reactionaries. They remain strong-willed as they are not afraid of any sanctions.