North Korea says won't hold talks with South unless 'issues resolved'

North Korea condemns Max Thunder joint annual US-South Korean air combat drills


Reuters May 17, 2018
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (2nd L) and Hong Sung Mu (R) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 3, 2017. Photo via REUTERS

SEOUL: North Korea won’t sit down for talks with South Korea unless issues that led to the suspension of a high-level meeting this week are resolved, the Korean Central News Agency said.

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Ri Son Gwon, chairman of North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification, condemned the Max Thunder joint annual US-South Korean air combat drills and criticised South Korea’s parliament for holding talks with “human scumbags”, without naming who they were.

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