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North Korea Says It Doesn't Want to Talk to US

Margaret Besheer

   UNITED NATIONS - North Korea said Monday that while it views the U.S.
   decision to postpone joint military drills with South Korea as
   "positive," the adoption of a U.N. resolution criticizing the North's
   human rights record has soured its desire to have denuclearization
   talks with Washington.

   "The U.S. dreams of bringing down our system when the DPRK-U.S.
   dialogue is on a high agenda, which shows that the U.S. has no
   intention to sincerely work with us towards the settlement of issues,"
   a statement from North Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
   "Therefore, we have no willingness to meet such a dialogue partner."

   The DPRK is the acronym for North Korea's official name in English --
   the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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