North Korea reacts to Pompeo 'insult' with threat to cut off talks

Kim Jong-un's regime says 'we will walk our own way' but US secretary of state still hopes for dialogue

North Korea has warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States but Mike Pompeo has said the US still looked forward to talks, even after the North called his insistence on sanctions "ludicrous".

The US secretary of state has asked nations to "stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressure" over the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes while calling on it to return to talks.