Analysis: Diplomatic dance or standoff? N.Korea and U.S. tread cautious line

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While North Korea's barrage of complaints about U.S. President Joe Biden's policies over the weekend might appear to be ratcheting up tensions, some signs suggest Pyongyang hasn't ruled out diplomacy with the new team in Washington.

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U.S. and North Korean national flags are seen at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstWhile North Korea’s barrage of complaints about U.S. President Joe Biden’s policies over the weekend might appear to be ratcheting up tensions, some signs suggest Pyongyang hasn’t ruled out diplomacy with the new team in Washington.

"There are signs that Washington and Pyongyang are in the early, cautious stages of a diplomatic dance," the U.S.-based 38 North programme, which monitors North Korea, said in a report on Monday.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.in which complete denuclearisation of North Korea remained the goal.

"It would not be a surprise if both sides use this initial period to probe and posture a bit," the report said. 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 signalled a hard line on human rights, denuclearisation and sanctions, while making diplomatic overtures that U.S. officials say have been rebuffed by Pyongyang.

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