Trump Won’t Let Latest North Korea Missile Test Halt Nuke Talks

The U.S. and North Korea are set to meet for the first time in months for working-level nuclear discussions, with President Donald Trump saying Pyongyang’s most provocative missile test in two years wouldn’t derail them.

North Korea’s chief nuclear envoy Kim Myong Gil has arrived in Stockholm, Yonhap News of South Korea reported, ahead of formal nuclear negotiations that are set to start Saturday, with a preliminary contact Friday. The working-level talks will be the first in about eight months and come as North Korea has been pushing the Trump administration to ease sanctions choking its paltry economy, while increasing its bargaining leverage through military provocations.

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