North Korean silence signals Trump-Kim summit unlikely: US, South Korean officials
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US and South Korean officials say prospects for a Trump-Kim summit this year are fading because North Korea has not responded to US outreach. Pyongyang has shown little interest in talks aimed at limiting its nuclear program.
US and South Korean officials see the chances fading of a meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this year, according to five people with knowledge of the situation. Trump, the only US president to have met a North Korean leader, has been eager to jump-start talks with North Korea, but Pyongyang has shown little interest in diplomacy aimed at containing its nuclear programme. The US has received no response from North Korea on holding a Trump-Kim meeting, and...