{"id":116649,"date":"2019-09-29T17:49:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/29\/north-korea-to-trump-make-bold-decision-to-revive-diplomacy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:24:58","slug":"north-korea-to-trump-make-bold-decision-to-revive-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/09\/29\/north-korea-to-trump-make-bold-decision-to-revive-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea to Trump: Make \u2018bold decision\u2019 to revive diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 North Korea accused the United States on Friday of failing to follow through on summit agreements between U.S. President Donald Trump and the country\u2019s leader, Kim Jong Un, but said it is placing hope in the U.S. president\u2019s \u201cwise option and bold decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement from Foreign Ministry adviser Kim Kye Gwan circulated by North Korea\u2019s U.N. mission came days after Trump said, without elaborating, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/23\/trump-says-fourth-meeting-with-kim-jong-un-could-happen-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">another summit meeting with Kim \u201ccould happen soon.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt draws my keen interest that it is highly topical these days in the U.S. to hold another DPRK-U.S. summit,\u201d the adviser said, using the initials of the country\u2019s official name, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he was critical of U.S. inaction since the summits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/30\/trump-making-history-steps-into-north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\">past summits were \u201chistoric occasions\u201d for the two leaders<\/a> \u201cto express their political will to put an end to the hostile relations between the two countries and have peace and stability settled on the Korean peninsula,\u201d Kim Kye Gwan said \u201cno practical follow-up was made to implement the issues agreed upon at the summit talks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foreign Ministry adviser said North Korea \u201chas made sincere efforts to build trust\u201d and execute the joint Washington-Pyongyang statement issued after the first summit between Kim and Trump in Singapore last year. He pointed to North Korea\u2019s repatriation of American detainees \u201cwho committed hostile acts\u201d against the country and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/02\/more-than-two-dozen-missing-korean-war-troops-just-identified-from-returned-remains\/\" target=\"_blank\">the return of remains of troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHowever, the U.S. has done nothing for implementing the joint statement,\u201d the North Korean official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the contrary, he cited the resumption of U.S.-South Korean military drills \u201cwhich the U.S. president personally pledged to suspend,\u201d and the ratcheting up of U.S. sanctions against the North.<\/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\/2019\/08\/06\/north-korea-us-inciting-military-tension-with-new-exercises-with-south-korea\/\" 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\/5436570.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: US inciting military tension with new exercises with South Korea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea&#039;s envoy to the U.N.-backed Conference on Disarmament has lashed out at the United States over its latest military exercises with South Korea, accusing Washington of &quot;inciting military tension&quot; by deploying powerful military hardware on the peninsula.<\/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\">Kim Kye Gwan said it is \u201chard reality\u201d that politicians in Washington are obsessed with \u201cnuclear disarmament first\u201d by North Korea before sanctions can be lifted and the country \u201ccan get access to a bright future.\u201d The adviser said this makes him doubt whether \u201ca new breakthrough\u201d could take place in U.S.-North Korean relations through another summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he left a door open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI came to know that President Trump is different from his predecessors in political sense and decision while watching his approach to the DPRK, so I would like to place my hope on president Trump\u2019s wise option and bold decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking at the U.N. meetings, said that North Korea \u201chas demonstrated a readiness to promote dialogue. It is hoped the U.S. can meet the DPRK halfway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his mid-70s, Kim Kye Gwan is a veteran diplomat who led the North Korean delegation at much of the now-dormant six-nation nuclear disarmament talks held in Beijing in 2003-2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His statement was issued during the annual meeting of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly, where North Korea-U.S. relations, which made headlines last year, have been relegated to the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his speech to the global gathering on Tuesday, Trump briefly mentioned North Korea, saying the United States has pursued \u201cbold diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have told Kim Jong Un what I truly believe: that, like Iran, his country is full of tremendous untapped potential, but that to realize that promise, North Korea must denuclearize,\u201d the U.S. president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, North Korea\u2019s foreign minister represented his nation at the General Assembly meeting. Without any explanation, North Korea downgraded its presence this year from a minister to the \u201cchief of delegation,\u201d usually the country\u2019s ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pyongyang representative will speak to the 193-member world body on Monday at the General Assembly\u2019s final ministerial session.<\/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\/2019\/06\/23\/north-korea-says-kim-received-excellent-letter-from-trump\/\" 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=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19173784761599.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 Kim received \u2018excellent\u2019 letter from Trump<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an \u201cexcellent\u201d letter, the North\u2019s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would \u201cseriously contemplate\u201d the content.<\/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\">North Korea entered talks with the United States last year, saying it was willing to negotiate away its advancing nuclear arsenal in exchange for U.S. security guarantee and sanctions relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North wants a step-by-step disarmament process, in which each of its denuclearization steps is matched by a corresponding U.S. reward. The United States says sanctions on North Korea will remain in place until the country takes significant steps toward denuclearization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Singapore summit, Kim Jong Un promised to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula without providing any timetable or roadmap for disarmament steps. In Singapore, Kim and Trump also agreed to establish new bilateral relations and build a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They met again in Vietnam in February for a second summit. But that meeting abruptly fell apart after Trump rejected Kim\u2019s request for extensive relief of sanctions in return for dismantling his main nuclear complex, a limited denuclearization step. The two leaders held a brief, impromptu meeting at the Korean border in late June, and agreed to restart talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, North Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry said working-level nuclear talks with the United States could resume in a few weeks. But it said discussions of North Korea\u2019s denuclearization will only be possible when \u201cthreats and hurdles endangering our system security and obstructing our development are clearly removed beyond all doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Edith M. Lederer, chief U.N. correspondent for The Associated Press, has reported on international affairs for nearly a half century. 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