NKorea says US wasted chance for nuclear deal

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – North Korea says the United States has squandered an opportunity for a nuclear deal and may not get another chance.

President Donald Trump says his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un broke down because North Korea insisted that all U.S. sanctions be lifted. But North Korea disputed that, saying the North demanded only partial sanctions relief.

North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui says she believes her country’s leader “may have lost his will (to continue) North Korea-U.S. dealings.” She says she believes Kim is finding it “difficult to understand” why the summit collapsed.

Earlier, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said Washington wasted an opportunity that “may not come again.”