At the State Department, the senior administration official said the United States had not concluded whether North Korea was intending to conduct a launch. In fact, Mr. Kim appears to have backtracked on several of those commitments. The United States ran a similar program during the Obama administration against North Korea. Mr. Trump’s comments on North Korea were considerably softer than the warnings to Iran — a reflection of the care he takes not to alienate Mr. Kim. But Mr. Kim never made any written commitments to dismantle the sites or give access to inspectors.

Source: New York Times March 08, 2019 01:22 UTC