<Anchor> Although it

is an annual action against North Korea, US President Trump renewed economic sanctions. We reaffirmed North Korea as an extraordinary and special threat, and once again confirmed that there is no easing of sanctions without denuclearization.

In Washington, Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports.

<Reporter> In a

Gazette publication, President Trump said he would extend the validity of six administrative orders against North Korea sanctioned by President Bush in 2008 for another year.

The notice stated that North Korea is a provocative act and is a special threat to the United States.

This announcement, although an annual step to renew the administrative order, is meant to reaffirm the US position that sanctions will not be eased without denuclearization.

Former White House National Security Adviser McMaster said that North Korea's ability to respond to provocations should be demonstrated militaryly, and that the training scheduled for August should be a strong combined exercise.

Then I ordered the time for President Moon Jae-in to show that he could not be forced into North Korea by taking a much stronger attitude.

General Brooks Reserve, who served as Commander-in-chief of the ROK-US alliance until 2018, also discussed the deployment of strategic assets and insisted on increasing military pressure on North Korea.

[Brooks/Former Commander, USFK: I think it is necessary to raise the level of military pressure and shake North Korea. So we need to make them feel like they may have crossed the road.]

In a memoir, former National Security Advisor Bolton, who attended the North American summit, criticized President Trump for his lack of interest in denuclearization and for the summit.