Kim Jong-un’s sister casts doubt on Trump’s claims of secret US-North Korea talks
President says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang’s enemy Donald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un later this year, though the reclusive leader’s younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between them. Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons, had suggested he and
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President says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang’s enemy Donald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un later this year, though the reclusive leader’s younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between them. Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons, had suggested he and
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Kim Jong-un’s sister casts doubt on Trump’s claims of secret US-North Korea talks
President says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang’s enemy Donald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un later this year, though the reclusive leader’s younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between them. Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons, had suggested he and
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Kim Jong-un’s sister casts doubt on Trump’s claims of secret US-North Korea talks
President says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang’s enemy Donald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un later this year even as the reclusive leader’s younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough between the two leaders. Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons, had sugge
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