DPRK: US must drop hostile policy

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Meanwhile, the new US administration says it will continue making a "very aggressive effort" to curb the alleged role of nuclear proliferation by the DPRK.

Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., accompanied by her daughter Chelsea Clinton,  listens to introductory remarks on Capitol Hill in  Washington,Tuesday,Jan. 13,2009,during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State-Designate, said, "And it is our strong belief that the six party talks, particularly the role that China is currently playing, along with our close allies South Korea and Japan, is a vehicle for us to exert pressure on North Korea in a way that is more likely to alter their behavior."

The six-party talks, involving the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan and Russia, have focused on the settlement of nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula since August 2003.

The DPRK has agreed to disarm in return for aid and political concessions. But talks have been stalled over how to verify Pyongyang's past nuclear activities.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei