The Trump administration has insisted that sanctions and other pressures remain on North Korea until it dismantles its nuclear program. The statement released late Friday by North Korea’s Foreign Ministry is the latest indication that negotiations over its nuclear program have hit an impasse. [North Korea appears to raise its demands]The North Korean Foreign Ministry warned that unless sanctions were lifted and Washington stopped behaving “arrogantly,” North Korea could reinstate “pyongjin” — its policy of simultaneously developing its nuclear weapons program alongside seeking economic development. North Korea argues that Trump promised Kim in June that a new era in relations was beginning. Read more:Pompeo says Trump, Kim believe ‘real progress’ can be made at second summitThey were promised a ‘paradise’ in North Korea.

Source: Washington Post November 03, 2018 13:43 UTC