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U.S.-North Korea Talks Stumble as Pyongyang Knocks Pompeo Effort

July 8, 2018 admin Comments Off on U.S.-North Korea Talks Stumble as Pyongyang Knocks Pompeo Effort

North Korea’s criticism of the talks in Pyongyang fueled further doubts about whether Trump will ever achieve his goal of “compete denuclearization,” much less on the timeline of one to 2-1/2 years set out by various administration officials. “The U.S. side came up only with its unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization,” an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman said in statement published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency a few hours after Pompeo’s departure. …read more […]

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After talks, NKorea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands

July 8, 2018 admin Comments Off on After talks, NKorea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delivered a dose of harsh reality to Donald Trump, bashing hopes for a quick denuclearization deal in a pointed rebuke to the president’s top envoy while accusing the U.S. of making “gangster-like” demands. After the historic U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, Trump declared the North was no longer a threat and would hand over the remains of Americans killed during the Korean War. Now, three weeks later, the two sides were still at odds on all issues, including exactly what denuclearization means and how it might be verified, after a third …read more […]