DPRK: No more talks until US ends 'hostile policy'

SEOUL - Representatives from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won't meet with United States officials for more "sickening negotiations" unless the US abandons its "hostile policy," a DPRK negotiator said on Sunday. The two countries offered different takes following their weekend nuclear talks in Sweden.

After their first talks in more than seven months in Stockholm on Saturday, the chief DPRK nuclear negotiator Kim Myong-gil said the discussions broke down "entirely because the US has not discarded its old stance and attitude" and came to the negotiating table with an "empty hand". But US spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the two sides had "good discussions" that the US intends to build on with more talks in two weeks.

On Sunday night, the DPRK's Foreign Ministry issued a statement accusing the US of trying to mislead the public and "spreading a completely ungrounded story that both sides are open to meet" again.