North Korea slams Donald Trump for 'useless' talk

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un.
(Image credit: KCNA/AFP/Getty Images)

You know it's bad when North Korea calls you out for propagandizing, but that's exactly what a senior official said Monday when slamming Donald Trump's suggestion that the mogul would meet with leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump said last week that he would be willing to meet with Kim to try to halt Pyongyang's nuclear program, Reuters reports. However, North Korea said Trump's proposal was a "kind of propaganda or advertisement" in his election race.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.