North Korea says US sanctions antagonise it, will respond

North Korea slammed the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for imposing sanctions that "antagonise" it, and vowed to respond correspondingly,

state media KCNA said on Thursday.



The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight individuals and two entities that it said were involved in a variety of North Korean cyber-related money-laundering schemes, in a move aimed at cutting off funding for the country's weapons programs.



"There is nothing so silly as to expect a new result while following the old screenplay of the failed past," KCNA said, in a statement citing the country's vice foreign minister in charge of U.S. affairs.



"The U.S. needs to realise that no matter how much sanctions it mobilises, the possibility of changing the current strategic situation... between the U.S. and North Korea to its advantage is less than zero."