{"id":67302,"date":"2020-07-07T22:55:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T22:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/07\/north-korea-rejects-talks-as-us-envoy-arrives-in-seoul\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:11:45","slug":"north-korea-rejects-talks-as-us-envoy-arrives-in-seoul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/07\/07\/north-korea-rejects-talks-as-us-envoy-arrives-in-seoul\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea rejects talks as US envoy arrives in Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea on Tuesday said it has no immediate intent to resume a dialogue with the United States as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun arrived in South Korea for discussions on stalled nuclear diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released through the North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency, senior North Korean foreign ministry official Kwon Jong Gun also ridiculed \u201cnonsensical\u201d calls by South Korea for revived negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea, saying it has lost its relevance as a mediator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department said Biegun, who is also President Donald Trump\u2019s special representative for North Korea, will discuss cooperation on a range of issues in meetings this week with officials in South Korea and Japan, including the \u201cfinal, fully verified denuclearization\u201d of North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/05\/north-korea-says-it-has-no-plans-for-talks-with-us\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19297029931662.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea says it has no plans for talks with US<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea on Saturday reiterated it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as \u201chostile\u201d polices toward Pyongyang.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kwon\u2019s statement came hours before Biegun arrived at a U.S. air base near Seoul. The U.S. Embassy said Biegun, members of his delegation and the military air crew were being tested for COVID-19 at the base and would proceed to Seoul after confirmation that all had negative test results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have met three times since embarking on high-stakes nuclear diplomacy in 2018. But negotiations have faltered since their second summit in February last year in Vietnam, where the Americans rejected North Korean demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the stalemate in talks, North Korea has repeatedly said in recent months that it would no longer give Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/24\/north-korea-says-its-gained-nothing-from-us-but-betrayal\/\" target=_blank>the gift of high-profile meetings<\/a> he could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/18\/north-korea-says-it-wont-give-trump-a-summit-for-free\/\" target=_blank>boast of as foreign policy achievements<\/a> unless it gets something substantial in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has also been dialing up pressure on the South, cutting off virtually all cooperation and blowing up an inter-Korean liaison office in its territory last month, following months of frustration over Seoul\u2019s unwillingness to defy U.S.-led sanctions and restart joint economic projects that would help the North\u2019s broken economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExplicitly speaking once again, we have no intention to sit face-to-face with U.S.,\u201d Kwon said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some analysts believe North Korea will avoid serious talks with the Americans for now and instead focus on pressuring the South in a bid to increase its bargaining power before an eventual return to negotiations after the U.S. presidential election in November. They say North Korea likely doesn\u2019t want to make any major commitments or concessions when there is a chance U.S. leadership could change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, said the prospects of a fourth Trump-Kim meeting shouldn\u2019t be ruled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNormally a U.S. president wouldn\u2019t take such a gambit ahead of an election, but down in the polls, Trump has incentive to go ever further off script,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim may also see a closing window of opportunity if Trump is expected to leave office and could possibly attempt to exchange reversible denuclearization steps for sanctions relief and South Korean investment, Easley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kwon\u2019s statement came days after North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Sun Hui, whom Biegun has described as his potential counterpart when talks resume, insisted the North won\u2019t resume negotiations unless Washington discards what it describes as \u201chostile\u201d policies. She criticized the Trump administration for considering diplomacy with the North as \u201cnothing more than a tool for grappling its political crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/21\/how-a-kim-jong-un-demise-could-spark-unrest-require-us-south-korean-military-response\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19329102500916.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How a Kim Jong Un demise could spark unrest, require US, South Korean military response<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Questions about North Korea&#039;s leader were sparked by a report that Kim was in \u201cgrave danger,\u201d but other organizations reported there were \u201cno unusual signs\u201d of Kim\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without naming him outright, Kwon also took a jab at Moon, who in a video conference with European leaders last week expressed hope that Trump and Kim would meet again before the U.S. elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c(Choe\u2019s) statement also mentioned the meddlesome man who had again indicated his intention to arbitrate between the DPRK and the U.S.,\u201d Kwon said, referring to North Korea by its formal name, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe feel sorry to see (the South) trying so hard to become the \u2018mediator\u2019 but it may try as much as it wants if it cherishes so strong wish to try it to the end. 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