Kim says N Korea ready for ‘dialogue and confrontation’ with US

North Korean leader stresses preparedness in responding to US in his first direct statement since Joe Biden became president.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country needs to prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the United States under President Joe Biden, state media reported on Friday. At a plenary meeting of the central committee of the governing Workers’ Party of Korea on Thursday, Kim outlined his strategy for relations with Washington, and the “policy tendency of the newly emerged US administration”, the Korean Central News Agency said. The comments mark the first time Kim has made a reference to the country’s policy towards the US since the inauguration of US President Joe Biden.