On Sunday, North Korea released a series of official statements slamming Biden’s policies and rhetoric so far as more of the same Cold War-style hostilities embraced by previous American presidents, and dismissed talk of diplomacy as an attempt to cover up those threatening policies.
The North Korean statements came from lower-level foreign ministry officials, did not call out or insult Biden by name, and the threats of “worse crisis” were still conditional on U.S. actions, 38 North noted. Talks have been stalled since 2019, with North Korea saying it has no interest in negotiations if the United States doesn’t drop hostile policies, including tough economic sanctions.Just days before Biden took office, North Korea’s Kim called for more advanced nuclear weapons and said the United States is “our biggest enemy.”
38 North’s Rachel Minyoung Lee, a former open-source North Korea analyst for the U.S. government, told Reuters it was notable North Korea has consistently not published its official statements on the Biden administration in domestic media.The Biden administration simultaneously signaled a hard line on human rights, denuclearization and sanctions, while making diplomatic overtures that U.S. officials say have been rebuffed by Pyongyang.
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