Don’t panic! Why the Kim Yong Chol meeting cancellation is par for the course
The surprise postponing of a much-anticipated meeting could actually work in the U.S.'s favor
On 8 November, Secretary of State Pompeo and his sometime-North Korean counterpart, Kim Yong Chol, had been slated for another meeting in New York to lay the groundwork for a second Trump-Kim summit sometime early next year.
It appears that it was Pyongyang, however, that pulled the rug from underneath by abruptly cancelling the meeting – South Korean media are reporting that it was unclear whether the DPRK delegation even arrived in Beijing to fly out to New York, meaning that it was likely premeditated.
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