Ri Yong Ho
North Korea's foreign minister told the United Nations on Saturday continued sanctions were deepening its mistrust in the United States.
North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with "alarming" impatience on the issue of denuclearisation.
North Korean and Swedish foreign ministers ended three days of talks on Saturday on the security situation on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea's top diplomat arrived Thursday in Sweden for talks which could play a role in setting up a proposed summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un.
The North Korean foreign minister's warning of a possible atmospheric nuclear test over the Pacific Ocean should be taken literally.
Trump has "lit the wick of war" with N. Korea, Russia's TASS news agency quoted North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho as saying on Wednesday.
China's U.N. Ambassador Liu Jieyi told Reuters the escalating rhetoric between North Korea and the United States was getting too dangerous.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said on Friday he believes the North could consider a hydrogen bomb test on the Pacific Ocean of an unprecedented scale