kim_pompeo_ap.jpg In this October 7, 2018, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre left, and US. Both the demand for Pompeo's removal from the talks and the weapon test point to North Korea's displeasure with the deadlocked negotiations. The United States remains ready to engage North Korea in a constructive negotiation." North Korea has suspended nuclear and long-range rocket tests, and the North and South Korean leaders have met three times. But there are growing worries that the progress could be killed by mismatched demands between the US and North Korea over sanctions relief and disarmament.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 18, 2019 11:48 UTC