Daily Mail: Top US diplomat rejects North Korea's 'hostile' deadline over nuclear talks and says Washington will not bow to Pyongyang's ominous threat of a 'Christmas Gift' provocation
* US special representative Stephen Biegun said the US did not have a deadline
* Pyongyang has demanded concessions by 2020 and threatened 'Christmas Gift'
* Experts believe this could be a nuclear missile test or spacecraft launch
* Biegun was meeting South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul on Monday
A senior US diplomat has today slammed North Korea for making 'hostile demands' over nuclear talks and warned Kim Jong-un against his planned 'Christmas Gift' provocation.
US special representative Stephen Biegun told reporters in Seoul that Washington would not bow to Pyongyang's increasingly strident demands for concessions by 2020.
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