The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Friday its deadlocked nuclear talks with Washington "will never be resumed" unless the U.S. adopts a new approach, again blaming it for the collapse of the Hanoi summit in February.

U.S. President Donald Trump's second meeting with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un broke up without an agreement or even a joint statement as the two failed to reach a deal on sanctions relief and what Pyongyang would be willing to give up of its banned nuclear weapons and ballistic program.

According to reports Trump gave Kim a written list of demands and Pyongyang has since accused Washington of acting in "bad faith," giving it until the end of this year to change its approach, according to the official statement released by the state news agency KCNA.

The "underlying cause" of the "setback" in Hanoi was "the arbitrary and dishonest position taken by the United States," reported KCNA citing a DPRK foreign ministry spokesperson. The U.S. had insisted on "a method which is totally impossible to get through," adding that unless Washington "comes forward with a new method of calculation," the DPRK-U.S. dialogue will never be resumed and by extension, the prospect for resolving the nuclear issue will be much gloomy."

The report came about a week after Pyongyang had demanded the United Nations take "urgent measures" to help return a cargo ship seized by the U.S. for alleged sanctions violations, calling the move a "heinous" act. Pyongyang's foreign ministry also denounced it as an "outright denial" of the spirit of the Singapore summit Trump and Kim held last year.

(Cover: DPRK's UN Ambassador Kim Song speaks during a news conference at UN headquarters in New York, U.S., May 21, 2019. /Reuters Photo)