Kim Jong Un Rethinks U.S. Nuclear Talks, Pause in Missile Tests
- Diplomat blames ‘gangster-like’ demands for summit’s collapse
- New signs of strain after failed talks with Trump last month
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Kim Jong Un will soon decide whether to halt nuclear disarmament talks with the U.S., a top North Korean diplomat said, in the latest sign of fallout from his failed summit with President Donald Trump last month.
Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui told reporters and diplomats Friday in Pyongyang that North Korea blamed the U.S.’s “gangster-like” demands for the breakdown in talks, according to the Associated Press. Choe said Kim would clarify his position on whether to continue his 15-month freeze on bomb and missile tests “in a short period of time,” the AP reported.