North Korea’s National Defence Commission (NDC) today laid out tough pre-requisite terms for negotiations with the United States and South Korea.

“If the U.S. and the South enemies… genuinely want dialogue and negotiation, they should take these steps,” the NDC said in a statement published via state media outlet KCNA.

“The first step will be withdrawing the UN Security Council resolutions cooked up on ridiculous grounds”.

North Korea has consistently complained about UN sanctions on its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, arguing that sanctions placed after its third nuclear test were a major factor in causing the latest flurry of