(VOVworld) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has renewed its offer to hold talks with the US, after Washington rejected Pyongyang’s demand that it suspends military drills with the Republic of Korea.

An Myong Hun, the DPRK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN at a news conference on January 13, 2015. (Photo: AP)

The DPRK’s new Deputy Ambassador to the UN, An Myong Hun, told a press conference on Tuesday that “many things will be possible this year on the Korean peninsula” if the United States agrees to suspend its annual military exercises with the Republic of Korea in exchange for DPRK’s suspension of nuclear tests. An urged the US government to reverse its rejection of the demand which he called “unacceptable.”
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the US are preparing for a meeting in Tokyo between their top nuclear negotiators before January 28, in a bid to restore the six-party talks which have been suspended since 2008.