North Korea has been demanding the U.S. to agree to a peace treaty before moving forward with denuclearization talks... but the U.S. is not budging.... saying denuclearization must come *first.
Washington is also warning businesses not to breach U.S. or U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Park Hee-jun reports. The United States has once again made it clear,... that there will be no peace treaty until North Korea's complete denuclearization.

CNN, citing unnamed sources, reported that Pyongyang is unlikely to proceed further with denuclearization talks,... unless Washington makes the "bold move" of agreeing to a peace treaty with Pyongyang.
North Korea has been pushing for a formal end to the Korean War,... which would act as a security guarantee for the Kim Jong-un regime.

But an official at the U.S. State Department told Yonhap News on Monday, local time,... that although peace on the Korean Peninsula is a shared goal of the international community,... it will not involve a nuclear-armed North Korea.
The official said the current armistice agreement will be replaced by a permanent peace treaty,... only when North Korea denuclearizes for good.

The State Department, together with the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security,... has also issued a North Korea sanctions advisory and enforcement advisory against foreign companies to protect them from violating U.S. or U.N. Security Council sanctions.
It warns manufacturers, buyers, and service providers against sourcing goods, services, or technology from North Korea,... or hiring North Korean laborers that would raise revenues for the North Korean regime.

The advisory does not add any new sanctions against Pyongyang,... but reflects President Donald Trump's vow to maintain maximum pressure against the regime until its nuclear disarmament is complete.
It says that businesses found to be involved in such acts,... will be penalized by the U.S. or U.N. sanctions authorities.

Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.