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SEOUL. — North Korea yesterday called on the United States to stop pursuing pressure and military threats, saying such moves would not be of any help to resolving the country’s nuclear and missile programmes.
“It would not be conducive to addressing the issue if the US miscalculates the peace-loving intention of the DPRK as a sign of ‘weakness’ and continues to pursue its pressure and military threats against the latter,” an unnamed spokesman for the North Korean foreign ministry said in an interview with the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). DPRK is the acronym for North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The statement marks a rare criticism of Washington from the North in recent weeks, with the two countries preparing for an unprecedented summit between their leaders.
The meeting follows the first summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom on April 27. — Yonhap.
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