North Korean diplomat: US overtures are a 'cheap trick'

A top North Korean diplomat said on Wednesday that the United States had recently tried to initiate contact with Pyongyang, but blasted the attempts as a “cheap trick” that would never be answered until Washington drops hostile policies, Reuters reported.

Choe Son Hui, first vice minister of foreign affairs for North Korea, said the attempts at contact were made by sending e-mails and telephone messages via various routes, including by a third country.