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North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed

North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed  In a statement marking the second anniversary of a historic summit meeting between Kim Jong-un and President Trump, the North said its hopes had faded into a “nightmare.”  NYT,
By Choe Sang-Hun   SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Friday said that two years of diplomacy with President Trump had “faded away into a dark nightmare,” and vowed to increase its nuclear weapons capabilities.

“Even a slim ray of optimism for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula has faded away into a dark nightmare,” the country’s foreign minister, Ri Son-gwon, said in a statement on Friday marking the second anniversary of a historic summit meeting between Mr. Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un……. .https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-trump.html

June 13, 2020 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international