North Korean state media reported Thursday that the regime no longer wants to see Secretary of State Mike Pompeo involved in nuclear talks, urging the U.S. replace the top diplomat with someone “more careful and mature in communicating.”The KCNA news agency, the official North Korean state television, quoted Kwon Jong Gun, a senior official at the North's foreign ministry, who claimed that the situation in the Korean peninsula is currently unpredictable. TRUMP RECIPROCATES AFTER NORTH KOREA'S KIM SAYS HE'S OPEN TO THIRD SUMMITThe White House told Fox News that they were aware of the earlier report of the test but offered no comment. U.S. officials told Fox News that the missile test was likely a “short-range” test of a small guided weapon and not a large ballistic missile. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPAmerican intelligence agencies, which normally detect the launch of ballistic missiles worldwide, did not detect any test from North Korea, one official said. Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson, Kristin Brown and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News April 18, 2019 08:37 UTC