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U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed North Korea’s statement on Friday that it was still open to talks with the United States after Trump called off a summit with leader Kim Jong Un, saying he still held out hopes for peace, Reuters reports. “Very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from North Korea,” Trump wrote. “We will soon see where it will lead, hopefully to long and enduring prosperity and peace. Only time (and talent) will tell!” Trump said on Twitter. Trump pulled out of what would have been the first meeting between a serving U.S. president and a North Korean leader, citing North Korea’s “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a letter to Kim on Thursday. His decision came after repeated threats by North Korea to pull out of the June 12 summit in Singapore over what it saw as confrontational remarks by American officials. North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said North Korea’s recent … [Read more...] about Trump welcomes North Korea openness after scrapped summit
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N. Korea says still open to talks after Trump cancels summit
North Korea said on Friday it was still open to talks with the United States after President Donald Trump called off a summit with leader Kim Jong Un, saying it hoped the “Trump formula” could resolve the standoff over its nuclear weapons programme. Trump on Thursday announced his withdrawal from what would have been the first-ever meeting between a serving US president and a North Korean leader, scheduled for Singapore on June 12, in a letter to Kim, citing North Korea‘s “tremendous anger and open hostility”. Trump’s decision came after repeated threats by North Korea to pull out of the summit over what it saw as confrontational remarks by US officials. “We have inwardly highly appreciated President Trump for having made the bold decision, which any other US presidents dared not, and made efforts for such a crucial event as the summit,” North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said in a statement … [Read more...] about N. Korea says still open to talks after Trump cancels summit
Trump Shows Flexibility on North Korea Talks
The White House distanced itself from the hard-line North Korea stance of President Donald Trump’s top security adviser, indicating his administration is committed to keeping next month’s summit with Kim Jong Un on track.Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Wednesday that she was “not aware” of the administration advocating a so-called Libya model, in which North Korea would quickly ship his nuclear weapons program to the U.S. North Korea had earlier attacked National Security Adviser John Bolton for trying “to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment” and threatened to walk away from the June 12 summit in Singapore.“I haven’t seen that as a specific thing,” Sanders said. “This is the President Trump model. He is going to run this the way he sees fit.”The decades-old debate over how and when North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons program has reemerged in the run-up to Trump’s first-of-its-kind … [Read more...] about Trump Shows Flexibility on North Korea Talks
Trump says ‘We’ll see’ on N Korea summit
US President Donald Trump acknowledges it is unclear if his summit with North Korea will go ahead after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of the unprecedented meeting, a move that could deny him a potentially major foreign policy achievement. North Korea threw into doubt the June 12 summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and Trump on Wednesday, saying it might not attend if Washington continues to demand it unilaterally abandon its nuclear arsenal. North Korea also called off talks with South Korea scheduled for Wednesday, blaming US-South Korean military exercises. "We'll have to see," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if the summit was still on, though he insisted he would not back down from his demand for North Korea's denuclearisation. "No decision, we haven't been notified at all ... We haven't seen anything, we haven't heard anything," he said. Trump's muted response was in marked contrast to just a few days ago when he exulted over North Korea's release of three … [Read more...] about Trump says ‘We’ll see’ on N Korea summit
John Bolton: the hawkish Trump aide riling up NKorea
John Bolton -- Donald Trump's national security advisor known for his bold mustache and even bolder statements -- now finds himself in North Korea's sights, with Pyongyang upset over his suggestion that it follow Libya's lead on denuclearization. This is the biggest hiccup in the tentative rapprochement that began on March 8, when the president stunned the world by saying he was ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. On Wednesday, Kim's regime expressed its dismay and threatened to scrap the much-anticipated summit between the two mercurial leaders set for June 12 in Singapore. The North -- careful not to directly call Trump onto the carpet -- instead went for the jugular on Bolton, a conservative firebrand who in the past has often advocated for US military action on the international stage. "We shed light on the quality of Bolton already in the past, and we do not hide our feeling of repugnance towards him," first vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan said in a statement carried … [Read more...] about John Bolton: the hawkish Trump aide riling up NKorea