SEOUL: North Korea has described Joe Biden as an "old man in his senility," in a characteristically colorful personal attack on the US president after he accused the Russian leader of war crimes in Ukraine.The diatribe came after Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a war criminal" and called for him to be put on trial over alleged atrocities against civilians in Ukraine's Bucha.

"The latest story is the US chief executive who spoke ill of the Russian president with groundless data," said a commentary carried by the official KCNA news agency on Saturday.

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