State Department: ‘Pressure campaign’ against North Korea is working

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The State Department said Thursday that the international campaign to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile program is working, even though North Korea fired a missile over Japan last week, and tested a hydrogen bomb on Sunday.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said it’s a “legitimate question” to ask if the international campaign is working, but said it is.

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