Restoring North Korea to Terrorism Blacklist Dims Hopes for Talks

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Restoring North Korea to Terrorism Blacklist Dims Hopes for Talks
" Mr. Choi said. that We were a bit disappointed that President Trump met the Japanese families, but not us Korean families, during his Asia trip,
President Xi Jinping of China, who has been under pressure from Mr. Trump to do more to rein in its Communist neighbor, sent
a special envoy to Pyongyang over the weekend in what Mr. Trump called a "big move" to persuade the North to change course.
that It is following its own schedule in weapons development, regardless of whether it is re-designated as a terrorism-sponsoring country.
Despite a two-month hiatus in North Korea’s weapons tests, Mr. Trump has held to his policy of "maximum pressure," restoring
North Korea on Monday to Washington’s list of terrorism-sponsoring states, along with Iran, Sudan and Syria.
Ministry said that Despite the re-designation, there is no change in joint efforts by South Korea
and the United States to try to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear problem,
21, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump’s re-designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism may have dashed cautious hopes in the region
that talks and diplomacy would replace escalating tensions and bellicose threats, analysts said on Tuesday.

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