North Korea has lashed out at US President Joe Biden for his comments about Pyongyang’s nuclear program, dismissing Washington’s talk of diplomacy as “spurious” and warning of a corresponding response to its hostile policies.
In an address to the US Congress last week, Biden called North Korea’s nuclear program a “serious threat” and vowed to work with allies to deal with the issue “through diplomacy as well as stern deterrence.”
The White House also announced that the president was open to negotiations with Pyongyang on denuclearization after US officials had completed a months-long review of North Korean policy and the challenges Biden would face as he sought to distance his approach from the failures of his predecessors.