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Trump says North Korea still 'extraordinary threat'

US President Donald Trump has renewed sanctions on Kim’s North Korea over nuclear risk. [File, AFP]

US President Donald Trump has renewed sanctions on North Korea, citing an "extraordinary threat" from its nuclear weapons - just 10 days after saying there was no risk from Pyongyang.

"There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea," he tweeted on 13 June, a day after meeting the country's leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore.

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