{"id":55133,"date":"2019-12-17T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55133"},"modified":"2019-12-17T11:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T03:02:03","slug":"us-pres-trump-says-watching-north-korea-closely-as-talks-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55133","title":{"rendered":"US Pres Trump says watching North Korea \u2018closely\u2019 as talks deadline nears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-26.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-26.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; US President Donald Trump said  he\u2019d be \u201cdisappointed\u201d if North Korea had something \u201cin the works\u201d as a year-end ultimatum from Pyongyang about the fate of their nuclear talks approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nuclear-armed North has issued increasingly strident declarations in recent weeks, even promising an ominous \u201cChristmas gift\u201d if Washington does not come up with some concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top US envoy to the negotiations with North Korea, Stephen Biegun, said in Seoul on Monday that Pyongyang\u2019s rumblings were \u201chostile and negative\u201d \u2014 and Trump said he was watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see. I\u2019d be disappointed if something would be in the works. And if it is, we\u2019ll take care of it,\u201d Trump said at the White House when asked about the situation. \u201cWe\u2019re watching it very closely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have been largely stalled since the collapse of a February summit in Hanoi between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The North has said that if Washington fails to make it an acceptable offer, it will adopt a so far unspecified \u201cnew way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has carried out a series of tests at its Sohae rocket facility this month, after a number of weapons launches in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a concern \u2014 their rhetoric,\u201d US Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters, saying further action by North Korea could be likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan and others have said recent launches involved ballistic missiles, which Pyongyang is banned from testing under UN sanctions. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; US President Donald Trump said he\u2019d be \u201cdisappointed\u201d if North Korea had something \u201cin the works\u201d as a year-end ultimatum from Pyongyang about the fate of their nuclear talks approaches. The nuclear-armed North has issued increasingly strident declarations in recent weeks, even promising an ominous \u201cChristmas gift\u201d if Washington does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55133"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}