North Korea sanctions to stay until full denuclearisation, says US
(The Guardian China)

US secretary of state contradicts North Korean media reports of `step-by-step and simultaneous action´Tough sanctions against North Korea will remain in place until its complete denuclearisation, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has said, apparently contradicting North Korea´s view that the process agreed at this week´s summit would be phased and reciprocal.The US president, Donald Trump, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, issued a joint statement after their Singapore meeting reaffirming the North´s commitment to `work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula`, while Trump `committed to provide security guarantees`. Continue reading...