Mr. Trump last week disavowed Mr. Bolton’s remarks, but never referred to Libya’s voluntary disarmament in 2003. In her statement on Thursday, Ms. Choe accused Mr. Pence, another North Korea hard-liner in the Trump administration, of promoting a “military option” on North Korea and also pushing for a quick and unilateral nuclear disarmament of the country. I mean, it’d be a great thing for North Korea. If that happens, it would be a great thing for North Korea. Listen, it would be a great thing for the world, so we’ll see what happens.”A White House spokesman declined to immediately comment on the latest remarks from Pyongyang.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2018 01:07 UTC