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President Joe Biden says he has decided to extend U.S. sanctions against North Korea for another year.
The announcement came after Washington offered to resume dialogue with the reclusive state at any time and place, without preconditions.
In a letter to the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives released by the White House on Monday, Biden said North Korea's pursuit of nuclear and missile programs "continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."
The sanctions first went into effect on June 26, 2008, under the George W. Bush administration.
They have since been extended annually.
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