Kim Jong Un Rethinks U.S. Nuclear Talks, Pause in Missile Tests

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-15/kim-jong-un-rethinking-u-s-nuclear-talks-set-to-make-statement?srnd=politics-vp

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.

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Choe Son HuiPhotographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg
“I want to make it clear that the gangster-like stand of the U.S. will eventually put the situation in danger,” Choe said, according to the AP. “We have neither the intention to compromise with the U.S. in any form nor much less the desire or plan to conduct this kind of negotiation.”

The North Korean statements will likely fuel speculation that Kim might reconsider his halt on weapons tests, something Trump has described as the foundation of talks. Analysis of commercial satellite imagery released since the summit shows new activity at high-profile missile sites -- something Choe declined to explain Friday, according to the AP.

[Guilded Lilly]

1. Kim never stopped. It's all just flap jaw lies. All from both sides.

[Adrahil]

2. TRUMP is the BEST negotiator!!!!!

...... Trump can;t negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag.