North Korea has contradicted Donald Trump on his reason for cutting his second summit with Kim Jong-un short, saying the US wanted too much.
North Korea said Friday it had offered to dismantle its Yongbyon nuclear plant in exchange for partial sanctions relief at Kim Jong Un's summit with Donald Trump,In a highly unusual late-night statement at the North Korean delegation's hotel, foreign minister Ri Yong Ho said Pyongyang had made a"realistic proposal" at the summit in Hanoi.
North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, center, talks during a press conference at Melia Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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