North Korea has rejected any further talks with South Korea, saying its decision to opt out of any dialogue was completely the fault of South Korea’s actions.

Pyongyang issued a statement in response to a speech by South Korean President, Moon Jae-In on Thursday. In the statement, the North questioned the meaning of dialogue when ‘‘even at this moment, South Korea continues its joint military exercise and to speak of a peaceful economy or a peaceful regime. It has no right to do so’’.

Referring directly to Moon Jae-In the statement continued: “We even question if his thought process is sound when he mentions talks between North and South while playing out war scenarios that plan to destroy most of our armies in 90 days. He truly is a shameless man.” 

 North Korea expressed anger over the US-South Korean military drills currently taking place, stating that they violate agreements reached with US President Donald Trump and President Moon.

By refusing to sit down with the South, the North has signalled that it prefers to deal directly with the United States, a snub for the South Korean leader who helped facilitate talks between Mr. Trump and Kim Jong-un.

Meanwhile, early on Friday, North Korea test-fired two missiles into the sea off its eastern coast. This is the sixth of such tests in less than a month.

According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, two unidentified projectiles were fired at about 08:00 on Thursday and they travelled 230 kilometres, reaching an altitude of 30 kilomtres.