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US President Donald Trump on Friday again said he was in no rush to reach a deal with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programmes, days after saying he had received a letter from Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong-un.
Trump, asked about North Korea’s sanctions violations in an interview with Fox News, said “everybody tries to break sanctions”, adding that the sanctions are hurting North Korea and that the US is continuing to impose them.
Trump on Tuesday said he had received a very warm letter from Kim, calling the correspondence “beautiful”.
Washington is seeking to rebuild momentum in stalled talks with Pyongyang, aimed at getting North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme.




Trump and Kim last met early this year in Hanoi, Vietnam, but failed to reach a denuclearisation agreement, and the talks collapsed.
Trump spoke a day after The Wall Street Journal reported that Kim’s slain half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was a source for the US Central Intelligence Agency. Kim Jong-nam was killed at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2017.
“I did receive a beautiful letter from Kim Jong-un … I appreciated the letter. I saw the information about CIA with respect to his brother, or half-brother. And I will tell him that will not happen under my … I wouldn’t let that happen.”
“A very warm, very nice letter,” Trump said. “I think North Korea has tremendous potential.”
Kim Jong-un’s slain half-brother ‘was a CIA informant’
He did not rule out another meeting soon with Kim. Trump is due to travel to Japan and South Korea later this month.
Trump said Kim had thus far kept his promises not to test long-range ballistic missiles or conduct underground nuclear tests.
Trump insists ‘very smart’ Kim knows he must give up nukes
In May, North Korea conducted a “strike drill” for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons in a military drill supervised by Kim.
Trump said at the time that these launches did not pose a problem in his eyes, although his advisers called them a violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
Additional reporting by The Guardian


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In this undated photo provided on Saturday, June 1, 2019, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits the February 8 General Machine Factory in Chagang Province, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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US President Donald Trump meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on April 26. Photo: Xinhua

FILE - This Saturday, May 4, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government shows a test of weapon systems, in North Korea. North Korea’s test of what appears to be new short-range ballistic missile may not have been a direct threat to the United States, but experts warn it’s almost certainly an omen of bigger problems on the horizon. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

FILE - This Saturday, May 4, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, equipped with binoculars, observing tests of different weapons systems, in North Korea. North Korea’s test of what appears to be new short-range ballistic missile may not have been a direct threat to the United States, but experts warn it’s almost certainly an omen of bigger problems on the horizon. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Trump on Tuesday said he had received a very warm letter from Kim, calling the correspondence ‘beautiful’


Trump on Tuesday said he had received a very warm letter from Kim, calling the correspondence ‘beautiful’.
