DPRK Refutes US Rumor of "Threat from North Korea"

The United States regards the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as an imaginary enemy with ulterior motives so as to achieve military Hegemonism, a commentary of the Korean Central News Agency said Friday.

Strobe Talbott, deputy secretary of the U.S. State Department, officially made a provocative statement at a press conference on June 4 that the DPRK is the imaginary enemy of the US "national missile defense" initiative, according to the commentary.

"The U.S. authorities are spreading such rumor of 'missile threat from north Korea' to achieve two aims. One is to retain monopoly of missiles and realize its military domination over the world by establishing the 'national missile defense' system at any cost under the pretext of the 'missile threat' from the DPRK. The other is to isolate and suffocate the DPRK politically and militarily by branding it as a 'missile proliferating state'," it said.

"This brings into bolder relief the long-standing US dominationist ambition and impudence. It also eloquently shows that the US call for 'dialogue and cooperation,' 'peace and disarmament' is nothing but sheer hypocrisy," it added. "The DPRK and the United States are in the process of dialogue. Action getting on dialogue partner's nerves should be avoided to advance dialogue and establish cooperative relations."

The commentary warned that "this impudence of the U.S. may throw a grave obstacle in the way of improving relations with the DPRK."

"Unless the US discards its intention to stifle the DPRK, the latter will have no option but to take a strong countermeasure," it said.

"In that case the situation will not be in favor of the United States and it will be held wholly responsible for all the consequences arising therefrom," the commentary ended.

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