The recent U.S. seizure of a DPRK-flagged ship will not pressure North Korea into “compromise,” an influential Tokyo-based pro-Pyongyang organ stressed on Friday.

The article, carried by the Choson Sinbo — the chief organ of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) — comes as North Korea has stepped up demands for the U.S. to return the Wise Honest ship, seized earlier in the month.

“The DPRK values the sovereignty of the state and people as life as history proves, and there can be no concession and or compromise to the act of infringing upon