SEOUL – North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the door remains shut for talks with the US on winding down its atomic arsenal, setting the stage for renewed provocations by pledging to respond to what it saw as threats from Washington. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL – North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the door remains shut for talks with the US on winding down its atomic arsenal, setting the stage for renewed provocations by“The DPRK is not interested in any contact or dialogue with the US as long as it pursues its hostile policy and confrontational line,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday, citing a ministry spokesperson as saying and referring to the country by its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
After firing off a record number of ballistic missiles last year, Mr Kim Jong Un’s regime has been relatively quiet to start 2023,The state has two major events on its calendar this month that might be used to coincide with a show of force – the Feb 8 anniversary of the foundation of the army and its Feb 16 Day of the Shining Star to mark the birthday of deceased leader Kim Jong Il.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who took office in May, brought back joint military exercises with his country’s US ally. The drills had been scaled down or halted under former President Donald Trump, who was hoping the move would facilitate his nuclear negotiations with the North Korean leader.
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