N.Korean envoy denied visa to enter the US

[yuiyoshida]

Source: asiancorrespondent.com



PLANS for the first contact between North Korea and the United States after President Donald Trump took office were cancelled after the U.S. State Department denied a visa for the top envoy from Pyongyang, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

The talks, between senior North Korean foreign ministry envoy Choe Son Hui and former U.S. officials, were scheduled to take place on March 1 and 2 in New York but were called off after Choe was denied a visa, the Journal said.

It was not clear what led the State Department to deny the visa but North Korea’s test-firing of a ballistic missile on Feb 12 and the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother in Malaysia may have played a role, the report said.

South Korean and U.S. officials have said they believe North Korean agents assassinated Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong Un, on Feb 13.

A U.S. State Department official denied so-called track two discussions had been scheduled.

Read more: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/02/n-korean-envoy-denied-visa-first-talks-trump-administration-cancelled/

[Kath2]

1. WTF?

[cstanleytech]

2. Why the surprise? I would expect Obama would have considered doing the same after the missile test

and the assassination using a banned nerve agent.

[nycbos]

4. Exactly.

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Any president would have. Not only did they use a nerve agent for an assassination they did it in a crowded airport terminal. More people could have been exposed.

[EarthFirst]

5. Good. I would have expect the same from President Obama as well.

Ballistic missle tests and State sponsored assassination are not good fence-mending policies.