{"id":57570,"date":"2018-07-08T14:23:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T14:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/08\/after-talks-north-korea-accuses-us-of-gangster-like-demands\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:17:02","slug":"after-talks-north-korea-accuses-us-of-gangster-like-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/08\/after-talks-north-korea-accuses-us-of-gangster-like-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"After talks, North Korea accuses US of \u2018gangster-like\u2019 demands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delivered a dose of harsh reality to Donald Trump, bashing hopes for a quick denuclearization deal in a pointed rebuke to the president\u2019s top envoy while accusing the U.S. of making \u201cgangster-like\u201d demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/12\/pentagon-assessing-trump-directive-to-cancel-korea-military-exercises\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">After the historic U.S.-North Korea summit<\/a> in Singapore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/13\/trump-claim-raises-eyebrows-north-korea-no-longer-a-nuke-threat\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump declared the North was no longer a threat<\/a> and would hand over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/12\/trump-kim-agree-to-repatriating-us-military-remains-from-korean-war\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the remains of Americans killed during the Korean War<\/a>. Now, three weeks later, the two sides were still at odds on all issues, including exactly what denuclearization means and how it might be verified, after a third visit to Pyongyang by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. And, the promised remains have yet to be delivered.<\/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\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/03\/doubts-on-north-korean-denuclearization-shadow-pompeo-visit\/\" 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\/AP18183351726743.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\">Doubts on North Korean denuclearization shadow Pompeo visit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Three weeks after the U.S.-North Korea summit and ahead of an impending trip to North Korea by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a leaked U.S. intelligence report and an analysis of satellite data suggest the North may be continuing its nuclear and missile activities despite a pledge to denuclearize.<\/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\">Pompeo wrapped up two days of talks in the North Korean capital on Saturday on an optimistic note even without meeting Kim Jong Un, as he had on his previous two trips. He said his discussions had been productive and conducted in good faith, but he allowed that much more work needed to be done. And, he and other U.S. officials said the two countries, still technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean War, had set up working groups to deal with details of an agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said he had won commitments for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/22\/north-korea-pledges-to-destroy-missile-test-engine-site\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">new discussions on denuclearization<\/a> and announced a Thursday meeting between U.S. and North Korean military officials on the repatriation of the remains. But in a harsh response issued just hours after Pompeo arrived in Tokyo, the North blasted the discussions, saying the visit had been \u201cregrettable\u201d and that Washington\u2019s \u201cgangster-like\u201d demands were aimed at forcing it to abandon nuclear weapons.<\/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\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/01\/bolton-says-the-us-has-a-plan-to-dismantle-north-koreas-nuclear-program-within-a-year\/\" 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=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18183036284974.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\">US plans for dismantling North Korea nukes may face resistance<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United States has a plan that would lead to the dismantling of North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in a year, President Donald Trump\u2019s national security adviser said, although U.S. intelligence reported signs that Pyongyang doesn\u2019t intend to fully give up its arsenal.<\/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\">In a statement carried by the North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency, the foreign ministry said the outcome of Pompeo\u2019s talks with senior official Kim Yong Chol was \u201cvery concerning\u201d because it has led to a \u201cdangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearization that had been firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had expected that the U.S. side would offer constructive measures that would help build trust based on the spirit of the leaders\u2019 summit &#8230; we were also thinking about providing reciprocal measures,\u201d it said. \u201cHowever, the attitude and stance the United States showed in the first high-level meeting (between the countries) was no doubt regrettable. Our expectations and hopes were so naive it could be called foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18187258934158.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18187258934158.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18187258934158.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18187258934158.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, rear right, and Kim Yong Chol, front center, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a meeting at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, July 6, 2018. Pompeo is on a trip traveling to North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Abu Dhabi, and Brussels. (Andrew Harnik\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the North had raised the issue of formally ending the Korean War, which concluded with an armistice and not a peace treaty, but the U.S. came up with a variety of \u201cconditions and excuses\u201d to delay a declaration. It downplayed the significance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/22\/mattis-exercises-with-south-korea-indefinitely-suspended\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">United States suspending its military exercises<\/a> with South Korea, something trumpeted by Trump after the summit as a success, by saying it made a larger concession by blowing up the tunnels at a nuclear test site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In criticizing the talks with Pompeo, however, it carefully avoided attacking Trump personally, saying \u201cwe wholly maintain our trust toward President Trump,\u201d but stressed that Washington must not allow \u201cheadwinds\u201d against the \u201cwills of the leaders.\u201d That appeared to be a reference to Trump\u2019s national security adviser John Bolton, a prominent North Korea hawk who has been vilified by Pyongyang in the past. Pompeo spoke with Trump, Bolton and White House chief of staff John Kelly on Saturday before his second round of meetings with Kim Yong Chol.<\/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\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" 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=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.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\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/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\">The North\u2019s statement, coming so soon after Pompeo\u2019s trip, was sure to fuel growing skepticism in the U.S. over how serious Kim Jong Un is about giving up his nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his talks in Pyongyang, Pompeo stopped in Tokyo and met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and planned to brief him on his discussion with North Korean officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On North Korea talks just concluded, Pompeo said: \u201cWe raised a full range of issues with them, all the issues that are important to both the United States and Japan.\u201d He said \u201cthere is much work for us to do together and I\u2019m honored to be with you here today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18188359976535.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18188359976535.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18188359976535.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18188359976535.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to members of the media following two days of meetings with Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, before boarding his plane at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 7, 2018, to travel to Japan. (Andrew Harnik, Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former top U.S. diplomat for Asia, Daniel Russel, said the setback with North Korea was to be expected and warned Trump he is engaged in a long negotiation that would not produce quick, made for television results that the president likely wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDealing with North Korea is hard because Kim Jong Un wants it to be hard,\u201d said Russel, who was assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Obama administration. \u201cIf you make the Americans fight for every inch, the Americans will start measuring progress in inches \u2014 and will wind up paying by the inch. At this point, even to get the North Koreans to follow through with the return of Korean War-era MIA remains, would feel like a big win for Pompeo, even though it wouldn\u2019t affect the nuclear threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKim can afford to play hardball because it\u2019s clear to him that Trump, who has already told Americans they can sleep soundly because the threat is now over, badly wants a deal,\u201d Russel said. \u201cAnd when you want it bad, you get it bad. Why should the North Koreans make concessions to one of Trump\u2019s aides given the president\u2019s record of undercutting them?\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\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/24\/trump-declares-north-korea-still-poses-extraordinary-threat\/\" 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\/AP18163279551041.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\">Trump declares North Korea still poses \u2018extraordinary threat\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump declared Friday that North Korea still poses an \u201cextraordinary threat\u201d to the United States.<\/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\">In his comments to reporters before leaving Pyongyang, Pompeo said he and Kim Yong Chol had made \u201ca great deal of progress\u201d in some areas. He stressed that \u201cthere\u2019s still more work to be done\u201d in others, which will be handled by the working groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said North Korea said it offered to discuss the closure of a missile engine test site, which would \u201cphysically affirm\u201d a move to halt the production of intercontinental range ballistic missiles, that the two sides had agreed that a Pentagon team would meet North Korean officials on or about Thursday at the border between North and South Korea to discuss the repatriation of remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, in the days following the June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, Trump had already announced the return of the remains and the destruction of the missile facility had been completed or were in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said more talks were needed on both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong 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