U.S. officials can’t seem to get on the same page regarding denuclearization and what is required of North Korea,” said Ken Gause, a North Korea leadership expert at CNA, a Virginia-based consulting firm. North Korea lashed out at Bolton, whom the regime derided as “human scum” while he worked in the George W. Bush administration, and at the suggestions that North Korea should be dealt with in the same way that the Bush administration dealt with Libya and Iraq. In negotiations over the years, North Korea has repeatedly threatened to walk out over disagreements — and has on occasion actually walked out. It features the United States and South Korea flying strike aircraft together from air bases in South Korea and Japan to practice air-to-air combat. They were due to discuss some of the infrastructure aid that South Korea would provide to North Korea as part of their broader detente.

Source: Washington Post May 15, 2018 20:18 UTC