WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump saluted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday for holding a massive military parade "without the customary display of nuclear missiles" to celebrate his country's 70th anniversary. US President Donald Trump has thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for dropping nuclear missiles out of a massive military parade in Pyongyang"This is a big and very positive statement from North Korea. The tweet included a quote that said experts believe the missiles were cut from the parade to show Trump North Korea's commitment to denuclearizing. The two leaders met in June in Singapore, ending a tense months-long standoff over the North's missile and nuclear tests. The North Korean leader pledged to work toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, following Washington's demands for a "final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea."

Source: Bangkok Post September 09, 2018 16:41 UTC