North Korea: Western sanctions and pressure will never work on us North Korea's Foreign Ministry: Pyongyang described the joint statement by the United States, Australia, England and South Korea as a "clear violation of its sovereignty." Sanctions and pressure may work on the weak, but it will never work on us. The replay of Western sanctions can never change North Korea's status as a nuclear power.

North Korea: Western sanctions and pressure will never work on us North Korea's Foreign Ministry: Pyongyang described the joint statement by the United States, Australia, England and South Korea as a "clear violation of its sovereignty." Sanctions and pressure may work on the weak, but it will never work on us. The replay of Western sanctions can never change North Korea's status as a nuclear power.