A top U.S. official warned that North Korea “can’t just sit back and threaten” the United States, and that the Trump administration is taking “strong actions” to convince the DPRK to return to nuclear negotiations.

Speaking at a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, David R. Stilwell — the U.S. assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs — also commented on the U.S. government’s recent commitment to “disrupting” the DPRK’s weapons supply chain.

Earlier this week, three major U.S. government bodies pressured North Korea by issuing an advisoryagainst the country’s efforts to