Nile Post
  • News
    • 2021 Elections Watch
      • The Election Podcast
    • Education
    • Exclusive
    • Investigations
    • Security
  • Business
  • Opinions
    • Columns
      • Parting Shot
      • Two Sides of a Coin
      • Bazanye’s Quick Shots
      • Week in Ugandan News
  • Global
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • The Americas
  • East Africa
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • South Sudan
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Health
      • Coronavirus outbreak
    • Tour & Travel
    • Love Therapist
    • Homes
  • Tech
  • Special Reports
    • Kabaka Mutebi’s 25th Coronation Series
    • Focus on Somalia
    • Sino-Africa
    • Uganda at 56
    • Anti-Corruption Fight
    • Age Limit Map
    • Tuve Ku Kaveera
  • Sports
    • Place-It
    • StarTimes Uganda Premier League
    • Bundesliga
    • World Cup
  • Jobs
  • Archives
  • Live
No Results Found
View All Results
  • News
    • 2021 Elections Watch
      • The Election Podcast
    • Education
    • Exclusive
    • Investigations
    • Security
  • Business
  • Opinions
    • Columns
      • Parting Shot
      • Two Sides of a Coin
      • Bazanye’s Quick Shots
      • Week in Ugandan News
  • Global
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • The Americas
  • East Africa
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • South Sudan
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Health
      • Coronavirus outbreak
    • Tour & Travel
    • Love Therapist
    • Homes
  • Tech
  • Special Reports
    • Kabaka Mutebi’s 25th Coronation Series
    • Focus on Somalia
    • Sino-Africa
    • Uganda at 56
    • Anti-Corruption Fight
    • Age Limit Map
    • Tuve Ku Kaveera
  • Sports
    • Place-It
    • StarTimes Uganda Premier League
    • Bundesliga
    • World Cup
  • Jobs
  • Archives
  • Live
No Results Found
View All Results
Nile Post
No Results Found
View All Results

N. Korea to Reconsider Summit if US Continues ‘Evil Acts’

Amon Katungulu by Amon Katungulu
May 24, 2018 at 7:02 am
in Global Watch, News
North and South Korea hold historic summit

North Korea is saying it will reconsider a summit with President Donald Trump if the U.S. continues with what it calls “evil acts.”

Pyongyang was reacting to comments by Vice President Mike Pence who appeared on Fox News Monday to warn Kim Jong Un he would be making a “great mistake” to play around with the United States before the talks.

Pence also said North Korea could wind up like Libya if Kim does not make a deal.

Libya has been been in political and social turmoil since it gave up its nuclear ambitions and its longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed.

North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hiu made no attempt to soften her government’s offense, calling Pence’s words “unbridled and impudent.”

“As a person involved in U.S. affairs, I cannot suppress my surprise at such ignorant and stupid remarks gushing from the mouth of a U.S. vice president,” the state run news agency reported Thursday.

Choe also hinted that the North does not need a summit with Trump.

“We will neither beg the U.S. for dialogue nor take the trouble to persuade them if they do not want to sit together with us.”

Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will know by next week whether he will meet with Kim on June 12 in Singapore as scheduled.

“It could very well be June 12th,” Trump Wednesday. “If we go, it’ll be a great thing for North Korea.”

Trump had earlier said if the June 12 date does not work out, the summit could be held later.

Verifiable denuclearization

North Korea previously hinted it may call off the summit because of U.S. demands it unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday he is “very hopeful” there will be talks, but said whether they happen is “ultimately up to Chairman Kim.”

Pompeo, who has already met with Kim twice, told the lawmakers the U.S. position has not changed and there will be no easing of sanctions on North Korea “until we see credible steps taken toward the complete, verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

He said the U.S. will not hesitate to walk away from the talks if a bad deal is on the table.

‘Now is the time’

But visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters at the State Department that Beijing believes the summit should take place as scheduled.

“If you want to solve the problem, now is the time. If you want peace, now is the time. If you want to make history, now is the time,” Wang said.

Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday approved travel to Singapore by a North Korean delegation for the summit.

Sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program and missile tests include a travel ban on a large number of senior North Korean officials.

Tags: denuclearizationDenuclearization Goalnorth koreaNuclear talksUS

Related Posts

US President Biden to impose travel ban on South Africa, 28 other countries
Coronavirus outbreak

US President Biden to impose travel ban on South Africa, 28 other countries

by NP admin
January 25, 2021
0

US President Joe Biden is expected to re-impose a travel ban that Donald Trump lifted just days before his term...

Read more
High turn up in Hoima by-elections as confusion on National IDs takes centre stage

US to Uganda: Perpetrators of election violence should be held accountable

January 19, 2021
US doctor dies of COVID-19 alleging racist treatment

US doctor dies of COVID-19 alleging racist treatment

December 25, 2020
Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia

Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia

December 7, 2020
New US Ambassador, Natalie Brown eyes stronger ties with Uganda

New US Ambassador, Natalie Brown eyes stronger ties with Uganda

November 2, 2020

Discussion about this post

Follow Us

  • 178.9k Fans
  • 150.5k Followers

Latest

A disorganised night saved by Burna Boy

Sheebah upbeat after being listed as one of the performers at MTV MAMAs

January 28, 2021
Year-in Review: 60 journalists killed in 2020

Museveni tells schools: Wait to open for another three months

January 27, 2021
Man climbs high power voltage pole in Ntinda, police pleads with him to get down for 11 hours

Man climbs high power voltage pole in Ntinda, police pleads with him to get down for 11 hours

January 27, 2021
Researchers set up new labs to help fight coronavirus at the University of Minnesota

Government urges Ugandans to volunteer in clinical trials of local COVID-19 treatment regimen

January 27, 2021
Absa bank flies high in 2019 as revenues grow by 19.4%

BoU names Absa bank best dealer in government bonds for December

January 27, 2021
cocacola-ad-safebodacocacola-ad-safebodacocacola-ad-safeboda

Featured

Year-in Review: 60 journalists killed in 2020
Education

Museveni tells schools: Wait to open for another three months

by Crispus Mugisha
January 27, 2021
0

President Museveni has advised schools to wait for...

Museveni highlights measures to fight crime in the country

Museveni summons NRM MPs to Entebbe to discuss party loss in Buganda

January 27, 2021
IGP Ochola warns “disgruntled” Kyagulanyi against statements capable of fanning violence

IGP Ochola warns “disgruntled” Kyagulanyi against statements capable of fanning violence

January 27, 2021
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
Call us: +256-417-720-101

© 2020 Nile Post Uganda Ltd. - A Next Media Services Company.

No Results Found
View All Results
  • News
    • 2021 Elections Watch
      • The Election Podcast
    • Education
    • Exclusive
    • Investigations
    • Security
  • Business
  • Opinions
    • Columns
      • Parting Shot
      • Two Sides of a Coin
      • Bazanye’s Quick Shots
      • Week in Ugandan News
  • Global
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • The Americas
  • East Africa
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • South Sudan
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Health
      • Coronavirus outbreak
    • Tour & Travel
    • Love Therapist
    • Homes
  • Tech
  • Special Reports
    • Kabaka Mutebi’s 25th Coronation Series
    • Focus on Somalia
    • Sino-Africa
    • Uganda at 56
    • Anti-Corruption Fight
    • Age Limit Map
    • Tuve Ku Kaveera
  • Sports
    • Place-It
    • StarTimes Uganda Premier League
    • Bundesliga
    • World Cup
  • Jobs
  • Archives
  • Live

© 2020 Nile Post Uganda Ltd. - A Next Media Services Company.