What to make of North Korea's threats to cancel the Singapore summit



Analysis What to make of North Korea’s threats to cancel the Singapore summit While it appears more likely than not that the Kim-Trump will go ahead, the DPRK is making clear negotiations won't be easy Fyodor Tertitskiy May 17, 2018 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Sunset on Singapore skyline from Esplanade by Nicolas Lannuzel on 2011-03-27 19:28:55 On Wednesday, May 16, at 0030 KST, North Korea informed its South Korean counterparts that it would withdraw from an inter-Korean meeting planned for the same day, citing ongoing joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises. In a subsequent report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang also suggested that it could retract its participation in an upcoming summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump. Just hours later another message was issued: a statement by Kim Kye Gwan, the First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemned National Security Advisor John Bolton, explicitly rejecting CVID (Complete, Verifiable, and Irreversible Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties 02All the companies that participated in the Pyongyang Autumn Trade Fair 2024 03No Chinese firms joined North Korea’s latest trade fair dominated by Russia 04What defectors’ exam scores reveal about the quality of North Korean health care 05North Korean Il-76 cargo planes make rare flights to northeast coast 06From aid to academia: The status of foreign organizations in North Korea 07North Korea expanding rail access to airport near Wonsan mega resort: Imagery 08Assad’s fall deprives North Korea of a fellow pariah, but its focus is elsewhere

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What to make of North Korea’s threats to cancel the Singapore summit

While it appears more likely than not that the Kim-Trump will go ahead, the DPRK is making clear negotiations won't be easy

Fyodor Tertitskiy May 17, 2018

What to make of North Korea’s threats to cancel the Singapore summit

Sunset on Singapore skyline from Esplanade by Nicolas Lannuzel on 2011-03-27 19:28:55

On Wednesday, May 16, at 0030 KST, North Korea informed its South Korean counterparts that it would withdraw from an inter-Korean meeting planned for the same day, citing ongoing joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises. In a subsequent report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang also suggested that it could retract its participation in an upcoming summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.

Just hours later another message was issued: a statement by Kim Kye Gwan, the First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemned National Security Advisor John Bolton, explicitly rejecting CVID (Complete, Verifiable, and Irreversible

01How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties
02All the companies that participated in the Pyongyang Autumn Trade Fair 2024
03No Chinese firms joined North Korea’s latest trade fair dominated by Russia
04What defectors’ exam scores reveal about the quality of North Korean health care
05North Korean Il-76 cargo planes make rare flights to northeast coast
06From aid to academia: The status of foreign organizations in North Korea
07North Korea expanding rail access to airport near Wonsan mega resort: Imagery
08Assad’s fall deprives North Korea of a fellow pariah, but its focus is elsewhere

What to make of North Korea’s threats to cancel the Singapore summit

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