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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

North Korea warns it may cancel summit with Trump if it has to give up nukes [usatoday.com]

A senior North Korean official warned Wednesday that Pyongyang may cancel its summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Trump scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, if it is going to be pushed into giving up its nuclear arsenal.

If the Trump administration pressures Pyongyang to unilaterally abandon its nuclear weapons, North Korea would have to reconsider the summit, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

[...] The news came hours after the North canceled a high-level meeting with South Korean officials that was scheduled for Wednesday, citing a joint military exercise as the reason. In its earlier statement, KCNA claimed that the U.S. and South Korea's joint air drill, which began on Friday, was "a bid to make a preemptive airstrike at the DPRK and win the air."

See also:

• North Korea's Warning to U.S. Throws Trump Summit Into Doubt [bloomberg.com]
• North Korea-US talks: Kim is in this for economic guarantees [bbc.com]
• Why Negotiating With North Korea Was Never Going to Be Easy [time.com]
• Frida Ghitis: North Korea is testing Trump [cnn.com]
• For Pentagon, South Korea drills became a crucial but quiet endeavor [reuters.com]
• North Korea Surprises Trump Administration by Acting Like North Korea Again [nymag.com]
• How rival agendas threaten Trump's summit with Kim [bbc.com]
• North Korea is dismantling its nuclear site, but is it abandoning its arsenal or hiding evidence? [reuters.com]

Previously: Peace Dividend? [soylentnews.org]

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