N. Korea vows to take countermeasures against organizations that impose sanctions

▲ This file photo, carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 22, 2023, shows the North launching a military spy satellite, called the Malligyong-1, on a new type of Chollima-1 rocket the previous day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea vows to take countermeasures against organizations that impose sanctions

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Saturday that it will take countermeasures against individuals and organizations that impose sanctions against the regime.

On Thursday, the United States sanctioned a North Korean cyber espionage group and eight foreign-based agents of the reclusive regime in response to Pyongyang's spy satellite launch last week. The new designations were conducted in coordination with South Korea, Japan and Australia.

"It is the sovereign right of the DPRK to firmly defend the state's sovereignty, security and interests from hostile forces' encroachment," North Korea's foreign ministry said in an English-language statement carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). DPRK refers to North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Pyongyang said it will apply countermeasures to individuals, institutions and organizations of the U.S. and its vassal forces involved in the drawing up and execution of the sanctions policy toward the regime, according to the KCNA.

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