North Korea’s state news agency on Wednesday didn’t issue any fresh statements on the United States. Trump and Kim have met three times since 2018, but the nuclear negotiations have fallen apart since their second summit in February last year in Vietnam. North Korea has repeatedly said in recent months that it would no longer give Trump the gift of high-profile meetings he could boast of as foreign policy achievements unless it gets something substantial in return. North Korea recently dialed up pressure on South Korea by cutting off virtually all cooperation and blowing up an inter-Korean liaison office in its territory last month. They say North Korea likely doesn’t want to make any major commitments or concessions when there is a chance that U.S. leadership could change.

Source: Daily Sun July 08, 2020 04:41 UTC