{"id":129658,"date":"2021-06-22T07:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=129658"},"modified":"2021-06-22T07:14:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:14:06","slug":"north-korea-ridicules-u-s-hopes-for-talks-as-allies-rethink-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/north-korea-ridicules-u-s-hopes-for-talks-as-allies-rethink-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea ridicules U.S. hopes for talks as allies rethink approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday, as the United States and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to coordinate their policy toward Pyongyang.<\/li>\n<li>Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said the U.S. appears to be interpreting signals from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he saw an &quot;interesting signal&quot; in a recent speech by Kim Jong Un on preparing for both confrontation and diplomacy with the U.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A senior North Korean official ridiculed American hopes for talks on Tuesday, as the United States and South Korea agreed to consider scrapping a controversial working group established to coordinate their policy toward Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the ruling party and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, released a statement in state media on Tuesday saying the United States appears to be interpreting signals from Pyongyang in a way that would lead to disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>She was responding to U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan, who on Sunday said he saw as an &quot;interesting signal&quot; in a recent speech by Kim Jong Un on preparing for both confrontation and diplomacy with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It seems that the U.S. may interpret the situation in such a way as to seek a comfort for itself,&quot; she said in a statement carried by KCNA. &quot;The expectation, which they chose to harbour the wrong way, would plunge them into a greater disappointment.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Kim&#x27;s statement came during a visit to Seoul by recently appointed U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim, who was scheduled to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Unification Minister Lee In-young, who handles relations with the North, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday Sung Kim said he was willing to meet with the North Koreans &quot;anywhere, anytime without preconditions&quot; and that he looks forward to a &quot;positive response soon.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>During talks between Kim and his South Korean counterpart Noh Kyu-duk, the two agreed to &quot;look into terminating the working group&quot; while reinforcing coordination at other levels, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The working group was set up in 2018 to help the two allies coordinate their approaches to issues such as denuclearization talks, humanitarian aid, sanctions enforcement and inter-Korean relations amid a flurry of diplomatic engagement with North Korea at the time.<\/p>\n<p>When asked last year about Seoul&#x27;s proposals such as reopening individual tourism to its northern neighbor, U.S. ambassador to South Korea at the time, Harry Harris, said that &quot;in order to avoid a misunderstanding later that could trigger sanctions&#8230; it&#x27;s better to run this through the working group.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Though Harris added that it was not the United States&#x27; place to approve South Korean decisions, the remarks caused controversy in Seoul and a former aide to South Korean President Moon Jae-in later told parliament the working group was increasingly seen as an obstacle to inter-Korean relations.<\/p>\n<p>The Moon administration would see ending the working group as a goodwill gesture from new U.S. President Joe Biden, said Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a Korea expert at King&#x27;s College London.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;From a South Korean perspective, this was basically a mechanism for the U.S. to block inter-Korean projects during the Trump years,&quot; he said. &quot;It would be a clever political move for the Biden administration to end the group, since consultation between Washington and Seoul will take place anyway.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/06\/22\/north-korea-ridicules-us-hopes-for-talks-as-allies-rethink-approach.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior North Korean official ridiculed American<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23055],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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