Kim blasts demands

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un has dashed hopes for a quick denuclearisation deal by rebuking US President Donald Trump’s top envoy and accusing the US of making “gangster-like” demands.

Three weeks after the Singapore summit, the two sides remain at odds on all issues after a third visit to Pyongyang by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

After his departure, the North said the visit had been “regrettable” and criticised Washington’s “gangster-like” demands.