PYONGYANG, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday threatened to cut off one of its official contact channels with the United States, the first of its countermeasures against new sanctions imposed on the country's senior officials.
The DPRK on Sunday sent a message to the United States denouncing recent U.S. sanctions against Pyongyang, which "impaired the dignity of the supreme leadership" of the country, the state-run news agency KCNA reported.
Currently, the DPRK Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York acts as one of the few communication channels between Pyongyang and Washington, which the DPRK is threatening to close down.
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