Biegun, who was in Seoul for talks with South Korean officials, called on North Korea to sit down for talks. AD“Let me speak directly to our counterparts in North Korea: It is time for us to do our jobs. It’s unclear if North Korea will reach out to the U.S. to resolve their widening differences on how to achieve North Korean denuclearization. In past months, North Korea has also conducted a slew of short-range missile and other weapons tests. The test-flight of an ICBM would likely completely derail diplomatic efforts as President Donald Trump has viewed the North Korean weapons test moratorium as a major foreign policy achievement.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2019 03:22 UTC