North Korea said on Thursday it had turned down a U.S. offer for fresh talks, saying it was not interested in more talks merely aimed at "appeasing us" ahead of a year-end deadline Pyongyang has set for Washington to show more flexibility in negotiations. Kim Myong Gil, North Korea's nuclear
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But the Stockholm meeting fell apart, with Kim Myong Gil saying the U.S. side had failed to present a new approach. A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said Trump remained committed to making progress on agreements he reached with Kim Jong Un at a first summit in Singapore in June last year, namely"transformed relations, building lasting peace, and complete denuclearisation."
Milley met his South Korean counterpart General Park Han-ki for the annual Military Committee Meeting on Thursday.
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