Agencies Posted online: Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 1917 hours IST
Seoul, April 30: North Korea today called US President George W Bush a "hooligan" and said it expected no solution of the international standoff over its nuclear programme during the Bush administration.
The comments by North Korea's foreign ministry spokesman followed a White House news conference on Thursday at which Bush described North Korean leader Kim Jong II as a "tyrant" and a "dangerous person".
"Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being... And a Philistine whom we can never deal with," the ministry spokesman said today, according to North Korea's official Korean central news agency.
North Korea "does not expect any solution to the nuclear issue or any progress in (North Korea)-US relations during his term," the unnamed spokesman said. "Bush is, indeed, a world dictator whose hands are stained with the blood shed by innocent civilians," he said.
"Over more than four years since Bush's inauguration (North Korea) has shown utmost magnanimity and patience," the North Korean spokesman said today. "It can no longer do so, waiting for any shift in the US policy."
