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There's little chance of Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting this year, US and South Korean officials say

New York Post·Reuters·3 days ago
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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 program.

The US has received no response from North Korea on holding a Trump-Kim meeting , and there is little time left before a regional summit in China next month where it might occur, said the five people — four of them briefed by senior officials from the US and South Korea, as well as a South Korean official.

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their one-on-one chat during the second US-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27, 2019.…

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