North Korea says US is ‘hell-bent’ on hostility

Pyongyang statement comes just days after historic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un shake hands before a meeting in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) in June
(Image credit: Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images)

North Korea says the US is “hell-bent on hostile acts”, despite a recent agreement between the two countries to resume nuclear talks.

Just days after the countries’ leaders, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, held a historic meeting in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone between North and South Korea, Pyongyang’s delegation to the UN said that Washington was “obsessed with sanctions”.

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