Still a long way to go on North Korea crisis, says Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said the North Korean nuclear crisis is far from conclusion on Sunday, striking a cautious note a day after the North’s pledge to end its nuclear tests raised hopes before planned summits with South Korea and the U.S.

North Korea said on Saturday that it was suspending nuclear and missile tests and scrapping its nuclear test site, and instead pursuing economic growth and peace ahead of the planned summits. “We are a long way from conclusion on North Korea, maybe things will work out, and maybe they wont — only time will tell... But the work I am doing now should have been done a long time ago!” Mr. Trump said on Twitter.

World leaders, including Mr. Trump, welcomed Pyongyang’s decision. Mr. Trump earlier on Sunday said: “Wow, we haven’t given up anything & they have agreed to denuclearisation (so great for world), site closure, & no more testing!”

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be under intense international scrutiny when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday.

On Monday, the two Koreas will hold another round of working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of Panmunjom to discuss protocol, security and media coverage of the summit.

Further, the two leaders are expected to talk over the newly installed hotline for the first time this week, before the summit, South Korea said on Friday.