North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, UN monitors say ahead of a meeting between US and North Korean officials to prepare a second denuclearisation summit.
US President Donald Trump dismisses the prospect of talks with North Korea as a waste of time a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US was maintaining open lines of communication with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
North Korea is working to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities cannot be destroyed by military strikes, UN monitors say ahead of a meeting between US and North Korean officials to prepare a second denuclearisation summit.
US President Donald Trump dismisses the prospect of talks with North Korea as a waste of time a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US was maintaining open lines of communication with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.