In this file picture, US President Donald Trump is seen shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un when they met at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea. - Reuters
SEOUL: North Korea insulted US President Donald Trump again on Monday (Dec 9), calling him a "heedless and erratic old man” after he tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wouldn’t want to abandon a special relationship between the two leaders and affect the American presidential election by resuming hostile acts.
A senior North Korean official, former nuclear negotiator Kim Yong-chol, said in a statement that his country wouldn’t cave in to US pressure because it has nothing to lose and accused the Trump administration of attempting to buy time ahead of an end-of-year deadline set by Kim Jong-un for Washington to salvage nuclear talks.
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