State-run media described the North Korea-U.S. talks as a great achievement by Kim Jong-un and did not use the term ‘breakdown’. Pictured, Kim Jong-un reading his New Year’s Address, as televised by the Chosun Central Broadcasting System on January 1, 2019

◆It would have been better to threaten the U.S. than to have the summit…

When talks ended in failure at the summit between Trump and Kim Jong-un in late February, North Korean business executives and trade officials who had hoped to be able to export once again to China were left bitterly disappointed. (Kang Ji-won)

According to a reporting partner living in Yangang Province, who spoke with ASIAPRESS on March 7, information about the failure of the Hanoi summit is spreading, especially among traders who expected an end to the sanctions.

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