North Korea Dismisses Trump’s Recent Overtures to Kim Jong Un
Days after U.S. President Donald Trump showed his interest in meeting with the leader of North Korea, Pyongyang responded by launching short-range ballistic missiles and publishing a harsh statement.
North Korea's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) denied any communication between the leaders of the United States and North Korea, denying a claim made by U.S. President Donald Trump. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, stated that she was unaware of such communication and dismissed it. This response came after Trump suggested a meeting between Kim Jong Un and himself during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November.
Trump had also made friendly gestures to Kim Jong Un, including posting a photo of them strolling together in the Hanoi Summit in 2019. Despite these gestures, North Korea continued to criticize the U.S. and South Korea's joint military exercises, which they view as an invasion rehearsal. Kim Yo Jong also mocked South Korea's reaction to the cancellation of these exercises, calling it "the relation between master and servant."
North Korea even fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the ocean off its east coast shortly after the cancellation.
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