North Korea’s communist regime warned that it is on the brink of war.
The Korean Peninsula is “more and more close to the brink of war,” said the article.
The Trump administration is looking to impose additional sanctions on North Korea following a controversial ICBM test late last month.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in response to that test that nations have the right “to interdict maritime traffic transporting goods to and from the DPRK.”
A blockade on naval transports to North Korea is expected to put significant pressure on the North Korean regime.
The Treasury deparment also put sanctions on Chinese trading companies over their shipments for importing a combined worth of $100 million in goods from North Korea.
Trump is also looking to other countries to take stronger measures following North Korea’s latest provocation.
In September, both China and Russia had agreed under pressure from Trump to approve and impose new sanctions by the U.N. Security Council.
Chinese state-media, however, have since reported that the Chinese regime has hit their limit of what they are willing to do.
It appears that while China is keen to keep good relations with the United States over fears of a trade war, it is also unwilling to give up North Korea, a fellow communist state, as a strategic asset.
Since coming to office in January, Trump has used a combination of diplomatic efforts as well as economic sanctions and the threat of military force in an effort to get North Korea to the negotiating table.
Trump has demanded a complete denuclearization of North Korea.
North Korea has raised concerns about a renewal of American might on multiple occasions in recent months.
However, while seemingly intimidated by the threat of a war, which it is guaranteed to lose, the Kim regime has continued to issue threats of nuclear attacks against the U.S. mainland as well as Japan and South Korea.
