Sea Blockade Is Act of War

Pyongyang, December 9 (KCNA) -- The U.S. has become desperate in its moves to carry out sea blockade against the DPRK. In a bid to provide the legal ground for sea blockade, the U.S. State Department nowadays seeks to modify such phrases as "consent of flag states" and "reasonable grounds" in the UN "sanctions resolution" 2375 into "by use of all necessary measures", claiming that "being continuously captured is the situation in which north Korea is using restricted vessels for illegal activities by means of handy methods". The White House National Security Adviser McMaster and other high-ranking officials of the Trump administration and other hard-line elements of U.S. Congress are calling for sea blockade against the DPRK. The U.S. moves for sea blockade can never be tolerated as they constitute a wanton violation of the sovereignty and dignity of an independent state. The U.S. is trying to openly take the measure of sea blockade against the DPRK and strangle its economy in peace time. This is part of its scheme to escalate political and economic blockade against the DPRK which has lasted for decades. The moves for blockading the DPRK from the sea are tantamount to war acts. The Trump group should be mindful that should they show even the slightest movement to put its attempt at sea blockade into practice, it will be followed by an immediate and merciless counteraction for self-defence from the DPRK. The U.S. and the riff-raffs following it should ponder over the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by their sea blockade moves and stop the reckless act. Written by Jong Hyon -0-