{"id":61416,"date":"2018-04-24T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/24\/us-wont-ease-sanctions-without-action-by-north-korea-on-nukes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:56:08","slug":"us-wont-ease-sanctions-without-action-by-north-korea-on-nukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/us-wont-ease-sanctions-without-action-by-north-korea-on-nukes\/","title":{"rendered":"US won\u2019t ease sanctions without action by North Korea on nukes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The White House said Monday North Korea won\u2019t get sanctions relief until it takes \u201cconcrete action\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">toward denuclearization<\/a>, the goal of President Donald Trump\u2019s planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/20\/seoul-north-korean-leader-removes-major-nuclear-sticking-point\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">summit with Kim Jong Un<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders\u2019 comments appeared to leave open the possibility of easing the U.S.-led \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign before North Korea had completely given up its nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Sanders said the U.S. wouldn\u2019t make the mistake of past administrations in taking the North Koreans \u201csimply at their word.\u201d She said, \u201cWe\u2019ve seen some steps in the right direction but we have a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, North Korea announced it will close its nuclear testing facility and suspend nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests \u2014 a move welcomed by Trump as \u201cbig progress.\u201d The North stopped short of suggesting it will give up its nuclear weapons or scale back its production of missiles and their related components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked if the suspension of tests was a positive sign, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday, \u201cRight now, I think there (are) a lot of reasons for optimism that the negotiations will be fruitful and we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Friday, U.S.-allied South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim will hold a summit in the demilitarized zone between the Koreas that could lay the ground for Trump\u2019s planned meeting with the North Korean dictator in May or early June. The leaders of the U.S. and North Korea have never met during six decades of hostility since the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-927755548.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US forces in Korea aren\u2019t packing up just yet. 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The Trump administration supplemented those restrictions with unilateral U.S. sanctions against firms that had conducted illicit trade with the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Kim has pivoted from confrontation to diplomacy and, according to South Korea and China, has expressed a commitment to denuclearization. There is still uncertainty about what he seeks in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three weeks ago, Trump\u2019s pick to be the next secretary of state, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-officials-say-pompeo-has-met-with-north-koreas-kim\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">CIA Director Mike Pompeo<\/a>, became the most senior U.S. official to travel to North Korea in nearly two decades, but the content of his discussions with Kim has not been made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last nuclear talks between the U.S. and North Korea collapsed in 2012. 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