US North Korea envoy dismisses year-end deadline for talks breakthrough
(The Guardian North Korea)

Stephen Biegun says on visit to Seoul that recent statements by Pyongyang were `so hostile and negative´The US special envoy for North Korea has dismissed a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks, but said Washington was ready to resume negotiations at any time.`Let me be absolutely clear. The US does not have a deadline. We have a goal to fulfil the commitments the two leaders made during their historic summit meeting in Singapore,` Stephen Biegun said on Monday, referring to Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un´s first summit in June last year, when they signed a vague statement on denuclearisation. Related: Trump called for Seoul evacuation at height of North Korea tensions, new book says Continue reading...