North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “taking stock” of U. S. President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to accept his invitation for talks on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s foreign minister said in an interview that aired Sunday. There has been no public North Korean response to
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is “taking stock” of U. S. President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to accept his invitation for talks on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s foreign minister said in an interview that aired Sunday.
There has been no public North Korean response to Trump in the nearly two weeks since he stunned the world by agreeing to meet with Kim, a diplomatic gambit with huge stakes for both countries.
“We believe the North Korean leader is now taking stock,” South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“We give them the benefit of the doubt, and the time that he would need to come out with some public messaging.”
North Korean officials on Saturday concluded three days of talks with Swedish officials in Stockholm, and further meetings were expected in Finland. Sweden provides consular services for the United States in North Korea.
