{"id":116511,"date":"2019-10-27T15:34:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/27\/north-korea-says-its-running-out-of-patience-with-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:27:47","slug":"north-korea-says-its-running-out-of-patience-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/27\/north-korea-says-its-running-out-of-patience-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea says it\u2019s running out of patience with US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea on Sunday said it\u2019s running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and unilateral disarmament demands, and warned that a close personal relationship between the leaders alone wouldn\u2019t be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy<\/a> from derailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement published by Pyongyang\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency, senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol said there has been no substantial progress in relations despite warm ties between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. He said the persisting hostility means \u201cthere can be the exchange of fire at any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim Yong Chol said the Trump administration would be \u201cseriously mistaken\u201d if it ignores an end-of-year deadline set by Kim Jong Un to propose mutually acceptable terms for a deal to salvage nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North issued a similar statement on Thursday that was attributed to veteran diplomat Kim Kye Gwan. He criticized U.S. officials for maintaining \u201cCold War mentality and ideological prejudice\u201d and urged the United States to act \u201cwisely\u201d through the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy hope is that the diplomatic adage that there is neither permanent foe nor permanent friend does not change into the one that there is a permanent foe but no permanent friend,\u201d Kim Yong Chol said, stressing that the United States would fail if it tries to use the \u201cclose personal relations\u201d between Trump and Kim for delaying tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the United States was getting on North Korea\u2019s nerves by demanding its \u201cfinal and fully verified denuclearization\u201d while pushing other U.N. countries to strengthen sanctions and pressure on the North. He said Washington has been attempting to \u201cisolate and stifle\u201d North Korea in a \u201cmore crafty and vicious way than before,\u201d instead of heeding Kim Jong Un\u2019s call to change its approach in nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t