UNITED NATIONS — North Korea appeared on Monday (Sept 30) to dismiss the possibility of a return to the personal diplomacy its leader Kim Jong-un had with former President Donald Trump, no matter who wins the Nov 5 US presidential election.

"Whoever takes office in the US, we will only deal with the state entity called the US, not the mere administration," Pyongyang's ambassador to the United Nations Song Kim told the annual UN General Assembly in New York.

"Likewise, any US administration will have to face the DPRK, which is different from what the US used to think," he said, referring to North Korea by the initials of its official name.

A senior North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea told Reuters recently that North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Trump is reelected and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy.

Trump engaged in both fiery brinkmanship and unprecedented diplomacy with North Korea during his previous term that ended in 2021.

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