North Korea says U.S. must recognize it as nuclear state to resume talks

North Korea on Tuesday said the United States must recognize it as a nuclear weapons state if bilateral talks are to resume.Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior ruling party official, said in a statement carried by state-run media that "the recognition of the irreversible position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state...should be a prerequisite for predicting and thinking everything in the future."DPRK is the acronym for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.While recognizing that the personal relationship between Kim Jong…READ FULL ARTICLE