Kim puts denuclearization ball in Washington's court

Trump says he received a new letter from North Korean leader

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's annual New Year's address was broadcast the morning of Jan. 1 by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. © Reuters

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Even with U.S. President Donald Trump now saying he expects to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again soon to discuss denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, the impasse looks likely to continue as neither side shows much inclination to budge from its initial stance.

In his New Year's address on Tuesday, Kim put the onus on Washington to move the process forward -- a sign of the lack of real progress since the two leaders' historic first meeting this past June.

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