North Korea fired a volley of ballistic missiles on Saturday, just as US officials were in Seoul exploring ways to reopen talks with the regime that launched them.
Instead, analysts say North Korea’s supreme leader has set terms that leave little room for negotiation, with a calendar that leaves even less room for a summit.
US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Michael DeSombre touched down in Seoul last week and met Jeong Yeon-doo, South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator and vice-minister for strategy and intelligence, to discuss the situation on the Korean peninsula, South Korean media reported.
The talks appeared tied to an expected visit by Trump to China. But that trip, originally planned for later this month, was pushed back “five or six weeks” amid the war on Iran, the US president confirmed on Tuesday.
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