North Korea Not Cooperating in Efforts to Negotiate for Denuclearization: US Official

State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks on the situation in Afghanistan at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 18, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Reuters

The United States has attempted to engage North Korea in dialogue for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but the Kim Jong Un regime has responded only with provocations, a U.S. official said Monday.

“This offer of dialogue and diplomacy has, at least so far, been met only with additional provocations,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at a press briefing.