BloombergNorth Korea executed its former top nuclear envoy to the US and four other foreign ministry officials in March after a failed summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported. Previous South Korean media reports about senior North Korean officials being executed following the talks have proven false. Talks between the US and North Korea have stalled since the Vietnam summit, with no plans to get them back under way. US Special Representative to North Korea Stephen Biegun plans to meet with Japanese and South Korean negotiators today and tomorrow in Singapore. Two years later, Madrid expelled him in retaliation for North Korean nuclear and missile tests.

Source: Taipei Times May 31, 2019 15:56 UTC