North Korea vows to accelerate weapons programme after ‘evil’ sanctions imposed by United Nations

North Korea decide to accelerate its weapons programmes in response of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council unanimously imposed an eighth set of sanctions on the North on Monday, banning it from trading in textiles and restricting its oil imports, which US President Donald Trump said was a prelude to stronger measures. The North’s foreign ministry condemned the new measures in the strongest terms, calling them a full-scale economic blockade driven by the US and aimed at suffocating its state and people. It was another illegal resolution on sanctions piloted by the US, it said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency. The North says it needs nuclear weapons to protect itself from hostile US forces and analysts believe Pyongyang’s weapons programme has made rapid progress under leader Kim Jong-un, with previous sanctions having done little to deter it.