North Korea tells the US it is ‘fully ready for both dialogue and war’

North Korean is ready for both dialogue and war, state-run news agency KCNA said Monday.

 

In an op-ed, KCNA said the US is trying to derail inter-Korean relations by keeping military options on the table.

 

“It is obviously an expression of a hideous attempt to block the improvement of inter-Korean relations and again coil up the military tension on the Korean peninsula,” KCNA said.

 

Using the country’s official name, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the article also said, “the DPRK is fully ready for both dialogue and war,” and that it would be “naive and foolhardy” for the US to “hurt” North Korea.

 

The statement came shortly after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told 60 Minutes he would continue diplomatic efforts with North Korea “until that first bomb drops.”

 

“We don’t know precisely how much time is left on the clock,” Tillerson said on Sunday evening, adding that the US will keep up its policy of maximum pressure until Pyongyang tells him they are ready to talk.

Source: North Korea tells the US it is ‘fully ready for both dialogue and war’ – Business Insider