北외무성 "대화 철저히 조미사이에 열릴 것... 南 군사연습 해명 전까지 접촉 어려워"<br /><br />North Korea says it won't talk with South Korea... unless Seoul pulls out of its joint military drills with the U.S. or provides a convincing reason.<br />That's according to a statement released on Saturday morning,... by a senior North Korean foreign ministry official in charge of U.S. affairs.<br />The official said... any future talks would involve only the North and the U.S.,... not South Korea,... who he criticized for not recognizing Pyeongyang's right to self-defense.<br />This comes... after the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday,... which were "new weapons" according to North Korea's state-run media. <br />
