North Korea Wavers on U.S. Summit, Accentuating the Gap Over Nuclear Weapons

For weeks’ the countries’ talks have appeared to be gaining momentum.

For weeks, President Donald Trump has said he might walk away from a bad deal with North Korea. On Wednesday, Pyongyang signaled that it, too, might turn its back on talks.

North Korea’s warnings that it would cancel a June summit if Washington insists on rapid disarmament highlight the depth of the division between the two sides in denuclearization talks.

In a statement carried by North Korean state media, a senior diplomat, Kim Kye Gwan, expressed “indignation” and said Pyongyang wasn’t interested in trading its weapons for economic assistance.

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