On Saturday, Bolton had told reporters there was “no doubt” that North Korea had violated the Security Council resolutions by firing short-range ballistic missiles. In 2016, North Korea imprisoned 21-year-old U.S. college student Otto Warmbier and sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor. North Korea, the president said, is “located between Russia and China on one side, and South Korea on the other. President Trump and Emperor Naruhito hold a discussion while their wives accompany them during the Trumps’ state call at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday. Crucially for Japan, Trump signaled that a trade deal between the two nations — something he has been impatient to deliver — will be delayed until after July’s Upper House elections in Japan.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2019 09:15 UTC