South Korean Minister: United States Says North Korea Canceled Meeting

South Korean Minister: United States Says North Korea Canceled Meeting
President Donald Trump stands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore, on June 12, 2018. Evan Vucci/AP
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SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea’s foreign minister said on Nov. 8, that U.S. officials told Seoul that it was North Korea that canceled nuclear talks this week between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior North Korean official.

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha provided no reason, aside from “busy schedules,” for why North Korea canceled the meeting set for Thursday, Nov. 8 in New York that was meant to discuss ridding the North of its nuclear weapons and setting up a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.