WASHINGTON — After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had canceled with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is back on. He cited "tremendous anger and open hostility" by Pyongyang but also urged Kim Jong Un to call him. Trump has declined to publicly acknowledge whether he's spoken directly with Kim Jong Un ahead of the talks. Japan's defense chief urged caution in dealing with North Korea, while his South Korean counterpart said there was no reason to question the North Korean leader's sincerity. Kim Yong Chol left his hotel in New York City early Friday for the trip to Washington in a convoy of SUVs.

Source: Philippine Star June 02, 2018 05:26 UTC