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North Korea Out of 'Patience' with Washington

Margaret Besheer

   UNITED NATIONS - North Korea intensified its demand Wednesday that the
   United States take steps by the end of this year to normalize
   relations, saying it is out of patience with Washington.

   "We, without being given anything, gave things the U.S. president can
   brag about, but the U.S. side has not yet taken any corresponding
   step," said the statement from North Korea's State Affairs Commission
   and circulated by its U.N. mission. "Now, betrayal is only what we feel
   from the U.S. side."

   Diplomatic efforts to get North Korea to denuclearize have been largely
   stalled since a second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and
   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in February, which was cut short with
   no agreement.

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