North Korea has repeatedly insisted that "denuclearization" must be a two-way street: It will not be giving away its nukes cheaply. The Hanoi summit is, in many ways, a test of what the North Korean leader will be willing to accept for sacrificing this ultimate security guarantee. Ultimately, the U.S. also wants an inventory of North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile facilities, equipment and material, and then an agreed-upon process for destroying them in a way that can be verified. ___CHINAFor China, concerns about instability in North Korea, its ostensible communist ally, have long overridden worries about its nuclear arsenal. ___AP reporters Deb Riechmann in Washington, Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, and Chris Bodeen in Beijing contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News February 26, 2019 01:18 UTC