SEOUL, South Korea (AP)– North Korea on Friday again promised to develop its military force to counter what it perceives as U.S. risks and stated there would be little reason for an individual relationship in between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump if Washington persists with sanctions and pressure.
On the two-year anniversary of the leaders’ very first summit, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said the North would never ever again present Trump with high-profile meetings and concessions he might boast as foreign policy accomplishments unless it gets something substantial in return.
” The question is whether there will be a need to keep holding hands shaken in Singapore, as we see that there is nothing of accurate enhancement to be made in the DPRK-U.S. relations simply by keeping personal relations between our supreme leadership and the U.S. President,” Ri said in a declaration carried by state media, describing North Korea by its formal name, the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea.
” Never ever once again will we p