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North Korea has reportedly threatened to resume its nuclear program if sanctions imposed by the United States were not lifted. The Institute for American Studies of the Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a statement calling on the United States to "put an end to the pressure exerted on themselves" on Pyongyang, warning that they could revise their policies in terms of nuclear program if the sanctions were maintained, according to the Korean Central News Agency. The statement comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently complained that "perverse" sanctions are impeding the country's development and leading to "changes and submission". US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet next week with Kim Yong Chol, a senior northern official and a former spy chief, to discuss a possible second summit between the president. Trump and Kim Jong Un. 38 North, a website using satellite images to monitor Pyongyang's nuclear activities, warned earlier this week that the North is continuing uranium mining and concentrating in one of its largest uranium ore concentrate facilities.
