Headline Roundup • May 16th, 2018
North Korea Threatens to Cancel US Summit
Summary from the AllSides News Team
North Korea has cancelled talks with South Korea in protest to military exercises, and is threatening to reconsider the US Summit.
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North Korea threatens to cancel Trump summit
BBC News
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North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons.
North Korea cancels talks with South, threatens to pull out of U.S. summit
Washington Times
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North Korea sent shock waves through the Trump administration’s hope for a history-making summit with Kim Jong-un, angrily canceling a planned meeting with South Korean officials Wednesday to protest joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and calling into doubt President Trump’s announced meeting with Mr. Kim in Singapore in less than a month.
North Korea Threatens To ‘Reconsider’ Trump Summit, Cancels South Korea Talks
HuffPost
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Pyongyang condemned recent joint military exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea, calling the drills an “intentional provocation.”
