North Korea Casts Fresh Doubt on Talks as Trump Envoy Visits
- Foreign ministry denounces U.S.-South Korea military moves
- Push back comes as Stephen Biegun meets officials in Seoul
Kim Jong Un in Vladivostok on April 26.
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North Korea said it wouldn’t talk under “military threats,” raising new doubts about U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to restart stalled nuclear negotiations.
North Korea’s foreign ministry denounced joint U.S.-South Korean military drills and the introduction of “cutting-edge lethal equipment” such as F-35A fighter jets as a “grave provocation.” “Escalating hostile military moves by the United States and the South Korean authorities are reducing the dynamics of dialogue for building a lasting and durable peace on the Korean Peninsula,” the ministry said Thursday, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.