According to state media, Kim Yo Jong, a top adviser and sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, denied knowledge of a call between the country’s leader and President Trump. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.
The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.Open
In an impromptu White House meeting with reporters, the president touted his relationship with Kim and said North Korea has “57 very powerful nuclear weapons.”
Former National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton joins Peter Alexander to discuss President Trump’s relationship with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.
President Trump has announced plans to reduce U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing South Korea's refusal to assist the U.S. in Iran and resistance to helping fund the cost of its defense by U.S. forces, while emphasizing his improved relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
President Trump has announced plans to reduce U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing South Korea’s refusal to assist the U.S. in Iran and resistance to helping fund the cost of its defense by U.S. forces, while emphasizing his improved relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump announced on Sunday that he ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea, citing its refusal to assist the U.S. with Iran and the cost of the exercises, alongside South Korea’s resistance to covering more of the cost of the U.S. deploying forces to the country. The President also expressed concerns that the exercises might send an…Open
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked why Kim had not responded to Trump's overtures. "He has," he answered, without providing any further details.
President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.