MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will travel to Russia in the second half of this month and meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The announcement coincided with a moment of discord in efforts by US President Donald Trump’s administration to reach a deal with Kim to end nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea said on Thursday it no longer wanted to deal with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and called for him to be replaced in talks by somebody more mature. That demand came hours after Pyongyang announced its first weapons test since the last summit between Trump and Kim in Vietnam in February broke down with no agreement. It added though that a sudden change of plan by the leader of the secretive North Korean state could not be ruled out.

Source: Huffington Post April 18, 2019 13:07 UTC