The U.S. must establish “objective conditions and an environment” for the resumption of deadlocked nuclear negotiations with North Korea and stop staging the ROK-U.S. joint drills, an influential Tokyo-based pro-North Korea outlet said on Tuesday.

In a commentary, the Choson Sinbo  — run by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) — said the related U.S. ministries, including the White House and the State and Defense Departments, should “intently and carefully listen to the warning” issued by the DPRK foreign ministry on July 16.

The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) warned that DPRK-U.S. working-level negotiations would