New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- North Korea reportedly denied any direct communication between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. It also dismissed the US's decision to scale down joint military drills with South Korea, saying that Washington's stance toward Pyongyang remained antagonistic.

"The relationship between the two leaders remains excellent," Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, said in a statement issued through state media KCNA on Wednesday.

"However, the US's hostile policies toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea haven't changed," she added.

The statement came after Trump on Monday said Kim Jong Un responded to requests for the two leaders to have a conversation.

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sis...