North Korea has rebuffed South Korea’s proposal to resolve rising tension through dialogue, dismissing it as a “crafty trick” to disguise what Pyongyang calls the South’s hostility.
South Korea last week urged North Korea to engage in dialogue to discuss stalled operations at a joint factory complex and other issues. The offer marked a softening of what had been South Korea’s stern stance toward North Korea’s escalating threats to attack Seoul and Washington over their continuing joint military drills. AP