One happy despot: Kim reacting during a test launch of ground-to-ground medium long-range ballistic rocket in this undated picture released by the North Korean Central News Agency. — Reuters
BEIJING: North Korea has “no thoughts” of resuming six-party talks on its nuclear programme, a top Pyongyang official said in Beijing, despite the repeated urgings of its closest ally China.
The North quit the now-stalled negotiations aimed at curbing its nuclear weapons programme in 2009, and soon afterwards carried out its second atomic test. The talks are hosted by China, and include South Korea, the United States, Russia, and Japan.
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