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North Korea cancels 'secret meeting' with Mike Pence after plans for new sanctions come to light
•Mike Pence and North Korean officials had planned to meet secretly during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but Pyongyang scrapped the talks after the US vice president denounced abuses from the "murderous regime,"
North Korea says it has 'no intention' of meeting US officials at Winter Olympics, nuclear programme de-escalation hopes hit
•North Korea has no intention of meeting US officials during the Winter Olympics, dampening hopes the Games will help resolve a tense standoff over the North’s nuclear weapons program.
Donald Trump's first State of Union speech low on data; US president uses jingoism, emotion to tide over lack of facts
Aashray Hariharan •Instead of citing data to back up claims of a roaring economy, more jobs, better national security, Donald Trump lauded American patriots and luminaries, only deflecting attention away from his own failing regime
US pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea despite Donald Trump's dismissal of talks as 'pointless'
•The United States is quietly pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea, despite US President Donald Trump’s public assertion that such talks are a waste of time.
North Korea accuses 'old lunatic' Trump of exploiting US student Otto Warmbier's death to criticise Pyongyang
•North Korea accused the Trump administration on Thursday of exploiting the death of US student Otto Warmbier.
US citizens prohibited from visiting North Korea from 1 September
•The United States on Wednesday officially set a 1 September start date for a ban prohibiting its citizens from traveling to North Korea.
US travel ban: North Korea official says Pyongyang 'does not care', tourism will not be affected
•Washington's ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea will have no effect on the country's tourism industry and Pyongyang does not care about, an official said.
Watch: Last chance to see North Korea for US tourists
•US bans citizens from travelling to North Korea after Otto Warmbier's death
•The United States will bar Americans from travelling to North Korea in the coming weeks, a month after a US tourist, student Otto Warmbier, died following his imprisonment by Pyongyang.
South Korean prime minister Lee Nak-yeon urges North Korea to release their prisoners, Americans
Ians •Seoul on Sunday urged North Korea to release six South Koreans and three Americans held in prison.