North Korea accuses Joe Biden of pursuing hostile policy over its nuclear programme
Joe Biden, who visited the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas as vice-president in 2013, wants a "calibrated" approach to the North
Earlier this week, Mr Biden called North Korea's nuclear programme a "serious threat" to global security.Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday that a review of US policy had been completed and suggested Mr Biden had learned from the experience of the previous four administrations who have tried, and failed, to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
"His statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy towards the DPRK [North Korea] as it had been done by the US for over half a century," said Kwon Jong-gun, of the Department of US Affairs of the Foreign Ministry. It is not clear to which comments on human rights the Pyongyang statement refers, but the Washington Post reports that the White House is expected to appoint a special envoy for human rights in North Korea soon.It played down the North's testing of short-range missiles last month, saying it was "normal military activity" and "business as usual".Until now, Pyongyang had not acknowledged Joe Biden as the new US president.
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