So much for Agreed Framework 3.0:

North Korea on Thursday rejected as “nonsense” an incentive package flagged by the U.S. in return for complete and irreversible denuclearization.

At a press conference at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Phuket, Thailand on Thursday, the director-general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry’s international bureau Ri Hung-sik said the offer would be “nothing but a replay of the Bush administration’s policy of complete, verifiable, irreversible dismantlement” of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and programs. “The so-called comprehensive package is nonsense,” he said. “In essence, the current crisis is the outcome of the U.S.’ deep-rooted hostile policy. How can the U.S. talk about a package deal without abandoning its hostile policy and guaranteeing security and peace for us?… How can we barter security and sovereignty for a few pennies without assurances?”

He added the North was indifferent to UN Security Council sanctions, having already been under sanctions for half a century. He reiterated six-party talks on its nuclear program “are already dead.”  [Chosun Ilbo]

The North Koreans as many of us have been saying for years have no intention of denuclearizing and now they have no interest in pretending to denuclearize while receiving free goodies from the international community like they did under both Clinton and Bush.