(LEAD) N. Korea says dialogue with U.S. an option but not a must for national interest

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SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Wednesday that dialogue with the United States remains an option for peace, but that it would not be necessary for its own interest while again stressing the U.S.' accusation of its involvement in a major cryptocurrency theft as a sign of Washington's hostility toward Pyongyang.

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made the remarks, saying the continued "hostile signal" by Washington was compelling the regime to reconsider the "true nature" of the U.S.

"The choice for peace includes dialogue of course, but this is not surely equated with national interests for us," Kim said in a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The remarks came a day after she rejected the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) findings that the regime was behind the theft of more than US$6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. She earlier called the accusation a "grave political provocation" against the North.

"The so-called 'cryptocurrency hacking case by the DPRK' is no more than a tip of iceberg that shows the essence of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK," Kim reiterated Wednesday, referring to the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Kim pointed to a recent trilateral meeting between the top diplomats of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, where they reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea, along with various joint military drills, as other examples of U.S. hostility.

"The U.S. abandonment of its hostile policy" toward Pyongyang "is a major premise and key to solving all problems," she said, adding that North Korea has no reason to engage in talks with the U.S. unless that happens.

"It is our clear stand that we have no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons who refuse to abandon their policy of confrontation," she said.

She further warned that Pyongyang would respond to what it views as continued U.S. hostility.

"In the present reality when new records are being set in the implementation of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK, it is natural that new records should be created in our reflective counteraction."

She did not specify what counteractions Pyongyang would take.

Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Yonhap)

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首尔，11月4日（韩联社）——朝鲜周三表示，与美国对话仍然是实现和平的一个选项，但就其自身利益而言，对话并非必要。朝鲜再次强调，美国指控其参与一起重大加密货币盗窃案，是华盛顿对平壤怀有敌意的标志。

朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正发表上述言论，称华盛顿持续发出的“敌对信号”迫使朝鲜政权重新审视美国的“真实面目”。

金正恩在朝鲜官方通讯社朝中社发表的声明中表示：“和平的选择当然包括对话，但这并不一定等同于我们的国家利益。”

就在她驳斥美国联邦调查局（FBI）关于朝鲜政权应对全球最大加密货币交易所币安（Binance）超过60亿美元的加密货币被盗事件负责的调查结果一天后，她发表了上述言论。她此前称这一指控是对朝鲜的“严重政治挑衅”。

金正恩周三重申，“所谓‘朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的加密货币黑客事件’只不过是美国对朝鲜敌对政策本质的冰山一角。”他指的是朝鲜的正式国名——朝鲜民主主义人民共和国。

金正恩指出，韩国、美国和日本高级外交官最近举行了三方会晤，重申了对朝鲜完全无核化的承诺，此外还举行了各种联合军事演习，这些都是美国敌对行为的例证。

她表示，“美国放弃对平壤的敌对政策是解决所有问题的重要前提和关键”，并补充说，除非这种情况发生，否则朝鲜没有理由与美国进行对话。

“我们的立场很明确，我们没有必要与这些不可靠且充满敌意的人面对面交流，他们拒绝放弃对抗政策，”她说。

她还警告说，平壤将对它认为的美国持续敌对行为作出回应。

“在当前美国对朝鲜敌对政策不断刷新纪录的现实情况下，我们反思性的反制措施也理应创造新的纪录。”

她没有具体说明平壤将采取哪些反制措施。

金与正，朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹（韩联社）

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（导语）朝鲜表示，与美国对话是选项之一，但并非出于国家利益的必要条件。