Economics
Kim Jong Un Faces New Pressure at Home After Trump Summit Shock
- Failed Hanoi talks raise doubts about young leader’s strategy
- North Korean statements suggest effort at damage control
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will have a long train ride home through China to think about what went wrong in his second summit with Donald Trump and how to keep it from reversing his gains of the past year.
The U.S. president’s shock decision to walk away from nuclear talks Thursday after hours of meetings in Vietnam raised new questions about Kim’s strategy for relieving the international sanctions squeezing his economy. The move potentially increases internal pressure on the 35-year-old leader to demonstrate he didn’t make a mistake by sitting down with the enemy.