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Trump: North Korea Missile Launches 'Not a Violation' of US Deal

William Gallo

   SEOUL - U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed a new round of North
   Korean missile tests early Friday, five months after his last
   denuclearization talk with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and with
   pressure building to iron out a deal.

   "These missiles tests are not a violation of our signed Singapore
   agreement," he wrote on Twitter, later acknowledging that the missile
   tests could have violated United Nations resolutions. The two men met
   in Singapore in June of last year.

     Kim Jong Un and North Korea tested 3 short range missiles over the
     last number of days. These missiles tests are not a violation of our
     signed Singapore agreement, nor was there discussion of short range
     missiles when we shook hands. There may be a United Nations
     violation, but..
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]August 2, 2019

   U.S. officials said earlier that Kim personally promised Trump not to
   conduct longer-range missile or nuclear tests.

   "Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of
   trust," the president wrote. "There is far too much for North Korea to
   gain ... [and] there is far too much to lose."

   The North launched two projectiles around 3 a.m. local time from South
   Hamgyong province, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
   The projectiles traveled an estimated 220 kilometers, reaching an
   altitude of 25 kilometers, it later added. It was the third such launch
   in just over a week.
   

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