WASHINGTON -
North Korea is threatening
to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War. North Korea says it is
fighting back against UN sanctions that have hit the rogue nation as punishment
for its nuclear weapons tests.
At the UN on Tuesday, diplomats from the
U.S. and North Korea's most powerful ally, China agreed to take the sanctions
to the next level.
Here in Washington, lawmakers are
weighing additional steps the US government can take to pressure North Korea to
end its nuclear weapons program.
At a House hearing Tuesday morning, lawmakers
examined how criminal activity such drug trafficking and counterfeiting helps
North Korea fund its weapons program.
While North Korea has isolated itself
from the world, its new leader, Kim Jong Un hosted former NBA star Dennis
Rodman last week.
The White House dismissed the visit as a
publicity stunt.
Rodman says the North Korean dictator wants
President Obama to call him.
North
Korea and the US are still technically at war because the 1953 agreement is a
cease-fire, not a peace treaty.
