North Korea excoriated Vice President Mike Pence as "ignorant" and "stupid" on Thursday, as the isolated regime once again threatened to pull out of a planned summit between Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
Choe Son-hui, North Korea's vice foreign minister, released a harshly worded statement via the regime's state-controlled media outlet that took particular aim at Pence over his recent threat that the Kim regime could end up like Libya if it doesn't cut a denuclearization deal with the U.S.
"As a person involved in the U.S. affairs, I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing out from the mouth of the U.S. vice president," Choe said in the statement released by the Korean Central News Agency.
Choe said North Korea will pull out of the June 12 summit between Trump and Kim in Singapore if the U.S. "clings to unlawful and outrageous acts."
"Whether the U.S. will meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to-nuclear showdown is entirely dependent upon the decision and behavior of the United States," Choe said.
