North Korea calls Pompeo 'diehard toxin,' says ready for dialogue or standoff with U.S.

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North Korea calls Pompeo 'diehard toxin,' says ready for dialogue or standoff with U.S.
Joyce Lee and Hyonhee Shin

North Korea's top diplomat said on Friday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was a "diehard toxin" who only complicates denuclearisation talks and North Korea was ready for both dialogue and standoff.

Talks aimed at dismantling the North's nuclear and missile programs have stalled since a failed second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi in February.

Trump and Kim met again in June at the inter-Korean border and agreed to reopen working-level negotiations, but that has not happened.

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