North Korea renews commitment to nuclear talks

North Korea today renewed its commitment to stalled nuclear disarmament talks, while at the same time vowing to strengthen its stockpile of atomic weapons to counter what it called extreme US hostility.

North Korea “is sticking to its stand to seek ways of overcoming difficulties lying in the way of the six-party talks and of achieving progress in the talks", the North’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.