THE United States has condemned North Korea for a barrage of racist abuse directed at US President Barack Obama.

State news agency KCNA ran stories calling the mixed-race US leader a “crossbreed” and a “black monkey,” also quoting officials saying he belonged in “Africa’s national zoo.”

During Mr Obama’s visit to South Korea the agency also attacked UN commission of inquiry into North Korean human rights abuses chief Michael Kirby, stating that as a homosexual he could not comment on moral issues.