SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States first removes what Pyongyang called a nuclear threat. The latest from North Korea comes as the United States and North Korea struggle over the sequencing of the denuclearization that Washington wants and the removal of international sanctions desired by Pyongyang. The United States removed its tactical nuclear weapons from South Korea in the 1990s. Several reports from private analysts in recent weeks have accused North Korea of continuing nuclear and missile development, citing details from commercial satellite imagery. “The corresponding measures we have asked the United States to take aren’t difficult for the United States to commit to and carry out.

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2018 07:46 UTC