Speaking to reporters ahead of a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley also made clear that Washington would only talk to North Korea once it halted its nuclear program. "The United States is not past looking at third-country entities who are helping North Korea and putting sanctions against them".
Despite hinting at the possible scrapping of the 2015 agreement, the South Korean president has also stressed the need for increased cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo to deal with the communist North.
Haley's comments came as the UN Security Council met to discuss how to respond to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test over the weekend.
Haley said the US and China have been working on "a unified plan" on how to approach North Korea that would include stronger implementation of existing sanctions and tougher new sanctions.
Trump warned this month that a "major, major conflict" with North Korea was possible, and in a show of force, sent the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group to Korean waters to conduct drills with South Korea and Japan.
She also pointedly reminded Russian Federation that the North's latest missile test had reached close to Russia's border.
"You either support North Korea or you don't", she said. "But you have to choose; you have to pick a side".
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"Not one country is immune to the threat from North Korea", she added.
South Korea's unification ministry said on Wednesday (May 17) its basic stance is that communication lines with North Korea should open, as new President Moon Jae-in seeks a two-track policy involving sanctions and dialogue with Pyongyang.
Besides worries about North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs, cyber security researchers have found technical evidence they said could link Pyongyang with the WannaCry "ransomware" cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries since Friday. "Fourth, to achieve these goals, South Korea and the United States will pursue drastic and practical joint approaches".
North Korea test-launched a missile on Sunday that many experts believe could be its most advanced yet, flying higher and longer than any previous missile.
Han Min-koo told South Korea's parliament that Sunday's test had been detected by the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system, which was deployed in South Korea last month, infuriating China.
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused North Korea on Tuesday of intimidating the entire worldwide community with its nuclear program, military ability and cyberattacks, and said any country that doesn't implement United Nations sanctions is supporting Pyongyang's actions.
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