HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The Latest on the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (all times local):
2:30 a.m. Friday
President Donald Trump is stressing the United States’ military power as he stops at a military base in Alaska on his way back to Washington after an unsuccessful summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (gihm jung oon).
Trump did not directly respond to North Korea’s assertion that he had mischaracterized the reason the summit collapsed. Instead, Trump said the U.S. was investing in missile defense technology, and he issued a broad warning to U.S. enemies.
Said Trump: “America does not seek conflict, but if we are forced to defend ourselves we will fight and we will win in an overwhelming fashion.”
Trump said before leaving Hanoi that the talks broke down because Kim insisted that all U.S. sanctions be lifted without the North committing to eliminate its nuclear arsenal. But North Korea’s foreign minister said the North demanded only partial sanctions relief in exchange for shutting down its main nuclear complex.
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12:45 a.m. Friday
North Korea is disputing President Donald Trump’s account of why the summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (gihm jung oon) collapsed.
North Korea’s foreign minister says the North demanded only partial sanctions relief in exchange for shuttering its main nuclear complex, and that the discussions collapsed after the U.S. demanded further disarmament steps.
Ri Yong Ho’s comments during an abruptly scheduled news conference in Hanoi on Friday contradicted the explanation by Trump, who hours earlier told reporters that the North had demanded a full removal of sanctions in exchange for shuttering the Yongbyon nuclear facility.
Ri says the North was also ready to offer in writing a permanent halt of the country’s nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and that Washington wasted an opportunity that “may not come again.”
He says the North’s position wouldn’t change even if the United States offers to resume another round of dialogue.
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8:20 p.m.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says nuclear negotiations with North Korea will resume quickly following the collapse of President Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un (kim jawng oon).
Pompeo tells reporters aboard his plane Thursday that his team will get back to work “tomorrow” although no new meetings have yet been scheduled.
Pompeo said progress was made between Trump and Kim at their talks in Hanoi but not enough to warrant signing any kind of agreement. The White House had scheduled a signing ceremony but abruptly canceled it along with a lunch when it became clear an agreement could not be reached.
Pompeo spoke as he flew to Manila from Hanoi, Vietnam, for talks with senior Philippines officials.
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6:35 p.m.
South Korea’s presidential office says U.S. President Donald Trump regretted the collapse of his nuclear summit...