NO DIALOGUE BETWEEN WASHINGTON & PYONGYANG UNTIL U.S. WITHDRAWS ITS HOSTILE POLICY: NORTH KOREA

Highlights

• This statement from North Korea came at a time when two Biden administration officials were set to hold talks in Seoul

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on several occasions have called for the complete denuclearization of North Korea

• Choe said “After the change of government in the United States, the only sounds that have echoed are th....