The North Korean ambassador to the UN on Tuesday said the DPRK strongly condemned the passage yesterday by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of new sanctions against the country.

Speaking at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland, Han Tae Song reiterated his country’s claim that “forthcoming measures” will “make the U.S. suffer the greatest pain” in response to resolution 2375.

“My delegation condemns in the strongest terms and categorically rejects the latest illegal and unlawful UN Security Council resolution,” Han said, in comments carried by Reuters.

“The Washington regime is fired up for political, economic, and military confrontation…obsessed