North Korea says denuclearisation is unrealisable 'pipe dream' before China, South Korea summit

FILE PHOTO: This picture taken on September 18, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS on September 19, 2024 shows the Korean Missile Directorate conducting a test launch of an improved strategic cruise missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. - KCNA via KNS/ AFP

SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday (Nov 1) that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable "pipe dream," according to state media KCNA.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are set to hold a summit meeting on Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum held in Gyeongju, South Korea.