North Korea: "deceived by the US"; not interested in talks

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A top adviser to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that Pyongyang will not engage in the type of talks seen last year, when Kim met with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, despite the rapport the two leaders have developed.

In a statement published in English by North Korean state media, Kim Kye Gwan said Pyongyang believed it has been "deceived by the US" and said the US has wasted the last eighteen months, in which little progress has been made on denuclearization.

His comments come amid increasing uncertainty about the future of any nuclear talks between the two states, after an initial burst of rapprochement which saw Kim Jong Un meet with both Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. In a New Year's address, Kim said his country will "never" denuclearize if the US does not retreat from what North Korea regards as Washington's "hostile policy" towards Pyongyang.

 

[AllDayFaith]

Do not worry about war or rumors of war, for all these things must happen to bring the glory of God to Earth.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Do not worry about war or rumors of war, for all these things must happen to bring the glory of God to Earth.

Not really something the OP will find comforting.

 

[Ricky M]

The US has been deceived as well by Trump. North Korea isn't alone in that.

 

[archer75]

Wait, didn't people on here post about how the president was to be praised for making peace with NK? Do those posts need to be amended?

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

No previous president, all the way back to Truman, ever even tried to sit down and negotiate with North Korea. Where it ends, we won't know any time soon, but at least Trump started the ball rolling.

 

[Ricky M]

No previous president, all the way back to Truman, ever even tried to sit down and negotiate with North Korea. Where it ends, we won't know any time soon, but at least Trump started the ball rolling.

I'm sure Trumps interests were more on 'how do I become dictator for life like Kim' than 'how do I get Kim to disarm'.

 

[GreatLakes4Ever]

No previous president, all the way back to Truman, ever even tried to sit down and negotiate with North Korea. Where it ends, we won't know any time soon, but at least Trump started the ball rolling.

We went from refusing to talk to North Korea to North Korea refusing to talk to us under Trump. Trump gave them the leverage we used to have. Trump failed on this one.

 

[TLK Valentine]

No previous president, all the way back to Truman, ever even tried to sit down and negotiate with North Korea.

There's a reason for that.

Where it ends, we won't know any time soon, but at least Trump started the ball rolling.

Indeed -- he started with bombastic threats, laterally oozed over to fawning praise, and ended his role in it with egg on his face.