North Korea rules out new nuclear talks with U.S., promises ‘final doom’

North Korea on Wednesday appeared to rule out any resumption of dialogue with the United States, threatening to react to any US “war of aggression” with nuclear strikes and cyber warfare. The statement from the country’s top military body, the National Defence Commission (NDC), came after reported moves by Washington and Pyongyang to revive long-stalled six-nation talks on denuclearisation. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who is head of the NDC, said on the weekend that Pyongyang refused to sit any longer at the table “with rabid dogs barking” about toppling its socialist system.

Since the gangster-like US imperialists are blaring that they will ‘bring down’ the DPRK (North Korea)… the army and people of the DPRK cannot but officially notify the Obama administration… that the DPRK has neither need nor willingness to sit at negotiating table with the US any longer.

A statement from North Korea’s National Defence Commission

If the US ignites “a war of aggression” and unleashes a nuclear war, North Korea will “counter it through its own nuclear strikes”, it said in a statement carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The statement is titled “US imperialists will face final doom”. The Washington Post reported on Monday that US and North Korean nuclear envoys had been secretly discussing the idea of “talks about talks”, but had been unable to agree on practical arrangements. US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in response that Washington’s position had not changed and that it “continues to offer Pyongyang an improved bilateral relationship” provided it takes action on denuclearisation.

The North Koreans have made it clear publicly and privately that they are a nuclear weapons state and that they intend to be a nuclear weapons state forever.

David Straub, a former U.S. negotiator with the North

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