Obama dismisses North Korea proposal on halting nuke tests

A day after North Korea's foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, President Barack Obama said Sunday that Washington isn't taking the proposal seriously and Pyongyang would "have to do better than that."
"We don't take seriously a promise to simply halt until the next time they decide to do a test these kinds of activities," Obama said.