{"id":260756,"date":"2020-07-07T21:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T01:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260756"},"modified":"2020-07-07T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T01:32:51","slug":"nokor-rules-out-more-talks-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/07\/nokor-rules-out-more-talks-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"NoKor rules out more talks with US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korea last week ordered the country’s military to hit and demolish the inter-Korean liaison office at their mutual border. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 North Korea on Tuesday reiterated that it will not hold a dialogue with the US, slamming South Korea for \u201cmeddling” in its affairs.<\/p>\n

In a statement carried by state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kwon Jong Gun, director general of US affairs at the Foreign Ministry, said: \u201cExplicitly speaking once again, we have no intention to sit face to face with US.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement coincides with the visit of US\u2019 North Korea point-man Stephen Biegun who is set to arrive in Seoul.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur stand was as clear as day to be easily understood by the south using the same language as us,\u201d said Kwon, adding: \u201cNevertheless, such nonsensical talks that there was no change in their efforts to mediate a DPRK-US summit are ceaselessly heard from the south. They seem to have a bad ear or are guided by the habit of always talking in their own favor.\u201d<\/p>\n

DPRK stands for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the official name of North Korea.<\/p>\n

\u201cIrony is that the South, which fails to manage its own business, came out to offer a helping hand allegedly to solve the DPRK-US relations which are getting more and more complicated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump held two summits since 2018, one in Singapore and other in Vietnam to discuss denuclearization of Korean peninsula. Trump also met Kim along the inter-Korean border.<\/p>\n

However, there has been a downslide in relations further complicated by the recent North-South conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is just the time for it to stop meddling in other’s affairs but it seems there is no cure or prescription for its bad habit,\u201d Kwon said. \u201cThe inter-Korean relations are bound to go further bankrupt as they only talk nonsense, unaware of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tensions between North and South Korea peaked in mid-June when Pyongyang hit and destroyed inter-Korean office along the border with South.<\/p>\n

The military action was triggered by the spread of anti-Pyongyang leaflets from across the South Korean border.<\/p>\n

North Korea last week ordered the country’s military to hit and demolish the inter-Korean liaison office at their mutual border.<\/p>\n

The attack on the inter-Korean office — a symbol of good relations between the North and South — cost the job of the South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, who resigned and took responsibility for the breakdown in communications between the countries.<\/p>\n

However, South Korea media reported that North Korean defectors were behind the anti-Pyongyang leaflet propaganda.<\/p>\n

The South also sought to immediately halt such leaflet campaigns.<\/p>\n

Technically, the two countries remain at war after Korean War hostilities ended with a cease-fire in 1953, as a peace treaty was never signed.\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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