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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 19 November 2019

North Korea says it won’t give Trump a summit for free

By KIM TONG-HYUNG came hours after KCNA re-
Associated Press ported that Kim Jong Un su-
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) pervised a parachuting drill
— North Korea on Mon- by military sharpshooters
day responded to a tweet and vowed to build an “in-
by U.S. President Donald vincible army,” displaying
Trump that hinted at an- more defiance despite the
other summit with North Ko- decision by the U.S. and
rean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea to shelve their
saying it has no interest in drills. It was North Korea’s
giving Trump further meet- second publicized military
ings to brag about unless it drill in three days. A report
gets something substantial Saturday said Kim urged
in return. The statement by combat pilots to prepare
Foreign Ministry adviser Kim against enemies “armed to
Kye Gwan is the latest call the teeth” while attending
by North Korea for U.S. con- a flight demonstration.
cessions ahead of an end- North Korea has been
of-year deadline set by Kim ramping up missile tests
Jong Un for the Trump ad- and other military demon-
ministration to offer mutu- strations in recent months in
ally acceptable terms for an apparent pressure tac-
a deal to salvage nuclear In this undated photo provided on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, by the North Korean government, North tic over the talks.
diplomacy. Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses with North Korean air force sharpshooters and soldiers Negotiations have faltered
Following a U.S. decision for a photo at an unknown location in North Korea. since a February summit
over the weekend to call Associated Press between Kim and Trump
off joint military exercises Korea sees as “hostile” poli- the Korean Peninsula,” he president with something in Vietnam which broke
with South Korea to create cies to keep the negotia- said in a statement carried he can boast of, but get down after the U.S. reject-
space for diplomacy with tions alive. by the official Korean Cen- compensation for the suc- ed North Korean demands
the North, Trump in a tweet “Three rounds of DPRK- tral News Agency, referring cesses that President Trump for broad sanctions relief in
urged Kim Jong Un to “act U.S. summit meetings and to North Korea by the ini- is proud of as his adminis- exchange for a partial sur-
quickly, get the deal done” talks were held since June tials of its formal name, the trative achievements.” render of its nuclear capa-
and hinted at another sum- last year, but no particu- Democratic People’s Re- Kim Kye Gwan is a veter- bilities.
mit between them, saying lar improvement has been public of Korea. an diplomat who led the Kim later issued his end-of-
“See you soon!” achieved in the DPRK-U.S. “We are no longer interest- North Korean delegation at year deadline and has also
But Kim Kye Gwan reiter- relations ... the U.S. only ed in such talks that bring much of the now-dormant said the North would seek
ated his government’s seeks to earn time, pre- nothing to us. As we have six-nation nuclear disarma- a “new path” if the United
stance that Washington tending it has made prog- got nothing in return, we ment talks held in Beijing States persists with sanc-
must discard what North ress in settling the issue of will no longer gift the U.S. in 2003-2008. His statement tions and pressure.q

Avalanche hits Indian army post in Himalayas, 6 killed

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN They were taken by heli- known as the world's high-
Associated Press copter to a military hospi- est battlefield.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — An tal, where the four soldiers The two countries have
avalanche hit an Indian and the two porters died, had troops deployed
army post Monday on a Hi- Navneet said. The surviving there since 1984 at eleva-
malayan glacier in the dis- two soldiers were undergo- tions of up to 6,700 meters
puted Kashmir region, killing ing treatment, he said. (21,982 feet). There have
four soldiers and their two The group was on patrol been intermittent skirmishes
civilian porters, the army near the post when the since then, but more sol-
said. The avalanche hap- area was hit by the ava- diers have died from harsh
pened at height of more lanche, Navneet said. The weather than from com-
than 5,485 meters (17,995 post was also hit by the av- bat. In 2017, at least 20 In-
feet) in the northern part of alanche but there were no dian soldiers were killed in
the Siachen Glacier. Res- reports of injuries there. three avalanches. In 2012,
cuers pulled six soldiers and The glacier is on the north- an avalanche in Pakistan- In this July 19, 2011 file photo, Indian army soldiers undergo a
two porters from the snow, ern tip of the divided Kash- controlled Kashmir killed training session at the Siachen base camp, in Indian Kashmir on
said army spokesman Lt. mir region claimed by India 140 people, including 129 the border with Pakistan.
Col. Abhinav Navneet. and Pakistan in an area Pakistani soldiers.q Associated Press