North Korea rejects ‘gangster-like’ US demand

North Korea rejected the United States’ “gangsterlike” demand for rapid nuclear disarmament after two days of talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The top US diplomat proceeded to Tokyo and briefed his Japanese and South Korean counterparts. US officials said the North Korean statement was a negotiating tactic, but Pompeo clarified officials would meet again on July 12 to discuss the repatriation of the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean War.—