Washington 'still hostile'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Pyongyang's past diplomacy with Washington only confirmed its "unchanging" hostility towards his country, state media said yesterday, months ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.

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While in office, former US president Trump met Kim three times, but Washington failed to make much progress on efforts to denuclearise North Korea.

Since Kim's second summit with Trump collapsed in Hanoi in 2019, the North has abandoned diplomacy, doubling down on weapons development and rejecting US offers of talks.

Speaking on Thursday at a defence exhibition showcasing some of North Korea's most powerful weapons systems, Kim did not mention Trump by name but the most recent high-level talks with the United States were under his administration.