The State Department confirmed that the U.S. rejected a peace talk proposal from North Korea as it did not include Pyongyang's commitment to end its nuclear weapons program.
The White House has announced that U.S. President Barack Obama will be signing the North Korea Sanctions Bill that was passed near unanimously in Congress. This comes in the heels of the country's recent nuclear activities.
North Korea has released an order to eject South Korean companies and workers from the Gaesong Industrial Complex as well as freeze the assets of South Korea after the South Korean government announced that they are pulling out their companies in the area.
The United States Senate voted on Wednesday for a legislation that will broaden the sanctions against North Korea. This is due to the nuclear program that the country has started, as well as the human rights abuses and cyber activities it has committed.
