North Korea blasts US but admits Kim has chemistry with Trump

Pyongyang blames 'gangster-like' demands for rift and refuses to yield

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has a "mysteriously wonderful" chemistry with U.S. President Donald Trump, a North Korean diplomat said on Friday. (KCNA via Reuters)

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will announce soon whether he will continue negotiations with the U.S., and may end a freeze on missile launches, a senior North Korean official said Friday, citing what she called hostility and inflexibility on Washington's part.

In a rare news conference open to foreign reporters and diplomats, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui laid the blame for the lack of results at last month's summit in Hanoi at the feet of the U.S.

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