A former U.S. State Department official says U.S. economic sanctions against North Korea would do little to resolve the nuclear crisis involving the communist country.
Kenneth Quinones said in an interview with Radio Free Asia Thursday that Washington's decades-old economic sanctions against Pyongyang have been counterproductive and have deepened discord between the two countries.
Quinones also said that Washington should form economic ties with Pyongyang first, instead of pressuring it to renounce its nuclear programs.