US President Donald Trump and the North Korean leadership traded insults and threats of nuclear war as tensions rose, with Trump repeatedly dismissing the prospect or value of talks with North Korea. North Korea has spent years developing its military, saying it needs to protect itself from US aggression. Sacred BloodlineMoon hoped to use the Olympics to ease tensions and North Korea agreed to send high-profile officials as well as athletes. Pence and the North Korean delegation, who both attended the Games opening ceremony, had no contact with each other. The senior US official said Pence was not trying to avoid the North Korean officials but rather ignore them.

Source: bd News24 February 11, 2018 00:00 UTC