DPRK wants US to focus on peace process

Editor's note: On Friday, Democratic People's Republic of Korea Vice-Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said that the country is considering suspending talks with the United States and may rethink a freeze on missile and nuclear tests unless Washington makes concessions. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

With the sanctions initiated by the US having pushed the DPRK's economy to the verge of collapse, it is understandable that Pyongyang has taken the lead to break the silence that both sides have carefully kept since the meeting between their leaders late last month in Hanoi. Both sides remained tacit about what they discussed, knowing the unexpected breakdown of the meeting was caused by external factors.

But although securing a solution to the Korean Peninsula issue is on the US president's to-do list, it is apparently not as high a priority as it is to his DPRK counterpart.