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N Korea cancels talks with South Korea and warns US

May 15, 2018 4:10 pm

North Korea has cancelled Wednesday’s high-level talks with South Korea because of anger over its joint military exercises with the US.

The North’s official KCNA news agency said the exercises were a “provocation” and a rehearsal for an invasion.

It also warned the US over the fate of the historic summit between Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump that is scheduled for 12 June.

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In March, Mr Trump stunned the world by accepting an invitation to meet Mr Kim.

“We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!” the US leader tweeted at the time.

The US State Department said it was continuing to prepare for the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore and that it was not aware of any changes in the North Korean position.

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