North Korea’s State-Controlled Accuses The U.S. Of “Double-Dealing” And “Hatching A Criminal Plot” Against Pyongyang

People and soldiers gather to offer flowers to the statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on the Day of Songun at Mansu hill, Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 26, 2018. KCNA via REUTERS

Reuters: North Korea newspaper blasts 'double-dealing' U.S. after Pompeo's trip canceled

(Reuters) - North Korea’s state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of “double-dealing” and “hatching a criminal plot” against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June.

Pompeo has pressed for tangible steps toward North Korea’s abandonment of its nuclear arsenal while Pyongyang is demanding that Washington first make concessions of its own.

North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper said U.S. special units based in Japan were staging an air drill aimed at “the infiltration into Pyongyang”, citing a South Korean media outlet.

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WNU Editor: They ignored U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he was in North Korea a few weeks ago, and now that he is not coming they are "upset". Sighhh .... no one said this was going to be easy.