Pakistan, July 4 -- A senior North Korean diplomat, ahead of a U.S. envoy's visit to South Korea said that, North Korea does not feel the need to have talks with the United States, which would be nothing more than "a political tool" for Washington.

Negotiations would not work out between Washington and Pyongyang and there will be no change in North Korea's policy, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said.

DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's formal name.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun is due to visit South Korea next week to discuss stalled talks with North Korea.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un s...