US, May 15, 2017: Nikki Haley said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that North Korea could face stronger sanctions and other measures after the reclusive country conducted its seventh missile test this year, the first since South Korea elected a new president.
North Korea's new strategic ballistic missile, called Hwasong-12, was fired on Sunday and flew 489 miles on a trajectory reaching an altitude of 1,312 miles, North Korean official news agency KCNA said, according to Reuters.
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"Well, I think you first have to get into Kim Jong-un's head, you know, which is he's in a state of paranoia," Haley, the United States' ambassador to the United Nations, said on "This Week," about the North Korean leader. "He's incredibly concerned about anything and everything around him. I think this was a message to South Korea after the election.
"And so what we're going to do is continue to tighten the screws. He feels it. He absolutely feels it. And we're going to continue, whether it's sanctions, whether it's press statements, anything that we have to do," she continued.
While Moon did not back off of possible talks with North Korea, he added that he was not pleased with the missile launch, according to The Korea Herald.
"The possibility of dialogue is open, but provocations must be met with stern responses to prevent North Korea from making misjudgments," Moon said at a National Security Council meeting, according to The Korea Herald. "(Seoul) must show that dialogue is possible only when North Korea changes its behavior."
Haley said Sunday that cooperation with China has been better "than we ever have," and she expects it will produce dividends for the U.S.
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"We are determined to take care of South Korea, which is why we have our mission there, working and that, as well," Haley said on "This Week." "And then we're going to continue to take care of Japan.
"What we do know is the international community is concern. It's not just us against them anymore. Now you're going to see the entire international community isolate North Korea and let them know that this is not acceptable," Haley continued.
Haley said while President Donald Trump is still open to talk with Kim, "Having a missile test is not the way to sit down with the president, because he's absolutely not going to do it."