NORTH KOREA hit out at the United States today, saying that its claim to want to reopen diplomatic talks was aimed at covering up “hostile acts.”

Pyongyang accused President Joe Biden of adopting an “outdated” approach after he criticised the North’s human rights situation.

The Foreign Ministry said the accusations were an insult to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, adding: “We have warned the US sufficiently that it will get hurt if it provokes us.”