N.KOREA SAYS CLINTON LOOKS LIKE A PRIMARY SCHOOLGIRL

North Korea spokesman Ri Hung Sik

After the US secretary of state stiffened the American line against North Korean nuclear activities, Pyongyang hits back by saying that six-party disarmament talks are dead.

• Bristling at remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about North Korea's nuclear program, Ri Hung-Sik, director-general of the foreign ministry's international organization bureau, dismissed the package of incentives suggested in return for North Korea's denuclearization as "nonsense.
• Clinton, who is in Thailand for a major regional security meeting, has called on the ASEAN security forum to enforce the UN sanctions imposed against the North for its nuclear and missile tests.
• Her comments drew a volley of criticism from North Korean officials who described Clinton as unintelligent and a "funny lady" who is "unaware of the elementary etiquette in the international community."
• "Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping," a foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement.
• Responding to Clinton's recent likening of Pyongyang's missile launches to the behavior of an attention-seeking teenager, the statement said Pyongyang is protecting itself against "the US hostile policy and nuclear threat," adding that it is not seeking "to attract anyone's attention."
• The North Korean Foreign Ministry went further to lash out at Clinton, saying that she could make a contribution to US foreign policy "only when she has understanding of the world."

Source: Press TV