{"id":23901,"date":"2018-05-24T16:03:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=23901"},"modified":"2018-05-24T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:03:43","slug":"trump-cancels-much-anticipated-summit-with-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/trump-cancels-much-anticipated-summit-with-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cancels Much Anticipated Summit With North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even after North Korea had followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to a scheduled June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, Trump said in a letter to the North Korean leader: \u201cSadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it would be inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump called it \u201ca missed opportunity\u201d and said someday he still hoped to meet Kim.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, North Korea repeated a threat to pull out of the unprecedented summit with Trump next month and warned it was prepared for a nuclear showdown with Washington, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by North Korean media, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui had called U.S. Vice President Mike Pence a \u201cpolitical dummy\u201d for comparing North Korea \u2014 a \u201cnuclear weapons state\u201d \u2014 to Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi gave up his unfinished nuclear development programme, only to be later killed by NATO-backed fighters.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>A small group of international media selected by North Korea witnessed the demolition of tunnels at the Punggye-ri site on Thursday, which Pyongyang says is proof of its commitment to end nuclear testing.<\/p>\n<p>The apparent destruction of what North Korea says was its only nuclear test site has been widely welcomed as a positive, if largely symbolic, step toward resolving tension over its weapons.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean leader, Kim, has declared his nuclear force complete, amid speculation the site was obsolete anyway.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even after North Korea had followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site. 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