North Korea has branded Joe Biden’s attempts at low-level diplomatic outreach a “cheap trick” and promised to disregard any communication from Washington unless the US changes its stance towards the nuclear-armed state.
The escalation of tension between Washington and Pyongyang comes as a policy review on North Korea by the new administration is nearing completion and as Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, and Lloyd Austin, secretary of defence, travel to South Korea and Japan.
Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s first vice-foreign minister, said that no “contact and dialogue of any kind can be possible unless the US rolls back its hostile policy”.
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