PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s official news agency KCNA on Monday rebuffed a senior US official's accusations that the country is producing counterfeit US currency.
"Conservative hardliners intend to tarnish the image of the DPRK and deliberately strain the situation," said the KCNA, referring to the remarks regarding the DPRK's alleged counterfeiting activities made by US Treasury Department official Stuart Levey at a hearing of the US Senate Finance Committee on April 1.
Raising such issues could hinder the denuclearization process of the DPRK, the KCNA warned.
"Taking note of the fact that the issue of the frozen funds at Banco Delta Asia put the six-party talks in a stalemate for more than one-and-a-half years, his reckless behavior can not be allowed to go unnoticed," it said.
The DPRK was not afraid of US sanctions following the counterfeiting accusation, since it has endured such sanctions for the past several decades and has no economic relations with the United States, the news agency added.
