Economics
North Korea’s Kim Vows to Meet Trump Again After Summit Collapse
- Shift in tone from regime’s earlier statements after meeting
- Trump walked out of summit refusing demands to lift sanctions
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet again with President Donald Trump to continue nuclear negotiations after a two-day summit between the leaders collapsed Thursday amid disagreement over sanctions relief and conflicting accounts of Pyongyang’s demands.
Kim’s pledge was released Friday through North Korea’s state-run news agency KCNA in a report offering a more optimistic outlook than the regime’s top diplomats gave in a rare news conference hours earlier. Kim expressed appreciation for Trump’s “active efforts toward results” and called the summit talks “productive.”