North Korea says the United States has recently tried to initiate contact via multiple emails and telephone messages calling the effort a cheap trick for wasting time. Senior North Korean diplomat, Choe Son Hui said in a statement that the US attempts to contact would never be answered until Washington drops its hostile policies. The statement added that Pyongyang has only heard “lunatic theory” of threats from the new US administration. It also stressed that North Korea will respond to power with power and to goodwill with goodwill. Former US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un met twice in 2018 and 2019 for talks. But the negotiations failed as Washington refused to relieve any sanctions in return for Pyongyang’s measures.