Donald Trump sent birthday message to Kim Jong Un, says South Korea

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Donald Trump sent birthday message to Kim Jong Un, says South Korea
By: LBC World News UK - 01-10-20
Re: https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/world-news...9f1ad6b29eb1c/

I can't believe this - and during all this crap in Iraq going on!!

South Korea’s presidential national security director did not say what the message said, but said Seoul sent it to Pyongyang through ‘proper means’.

South Korea has said it conveyed a message from US President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wishing him a happy birthday, which is believed to be on January 8.

Returning from a visit to Washington, South Korea’s presidential national security director Chung Eui-yong said Mr Trump requested that Seoul deliver the message to Mr Kim during a meeting at the White House this week.

Mr Chung did not disclose what the message specifically said, but said Seoul sent it to Pyongyang on Thursday through “proper means”.

Mr Kim last week opened the new year expressing deep frustration over stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal as a deterrent against “gangster-like” US sanctions and pressure.

The North in past months has severed virtually all co-operation with the South, while demanding Seoul break away from Washington and restart inter-Korean economic projects held back by US-led sanctions.

But the Koreas still operate a liaison office in the North Korean border town of Kaesong.

Seoul had lobbied hard for the resumption of nuclear negotiations, with Mr Chung shuttling between Pyongyang and Washington to help set up the first summit between Mr Kim and Mr Trump in June 2018.

But negotiations have faltered since the collapse of the second Kim-Trump meeting in February last year, when the US side rejected North Korean demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.

Mr Trump and Mr Kim met again in June and agreed to resume negotiations.

But an October working-level meeting in Sweden broke down over what the North Koreans described as the Americans’ “old stance and attitude”.

Despite the standstill in talks, Mr Trump and Mr Kim have both described their personal relationship as good.

Mr Trump has boasted about the “beautiful” letters he has received from Mr Kim.

North Korea has never officially confirmed Mr Kim’s birth date.

While covering a 2014 visit to the country by basketball player Dennis Rodman, North Korean state media said the former NBA star organised an exhibition game on January 8 to celebrate Mr Kim’s birthday.
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Can you believe this - I could just throw-up - geez this guy is nuts for sure. With all this crap going on in Iraq & Syria - he's sending birthday wishes to another dirt bag.

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