North Korea’s state newspaper claims the US is secretly plotting to ‘unleash a war’ while continuing to negotiate ‘with a smile on its face’

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• North Korean state media has accused the US of plotting to “unleash a war” on North Korea while continuing to negotiate “with a smile on its face.”
• Sunday’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea, called out what it claims were US military movements in the region as practice for a potential invasion of Pyongyang.
• The strongly-worded piece comes just days after President Trump canceled a planned trip to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. 
• On Monday, South Korea said that Pompeo’s abrupt cancelation is having an “effect” on the inter-Korean liaison office that was slated to open this month.

North Korean state media has accused the US of plotting to “unleash war” on the country while continuing to negotiate “with a smile on its face.”

Sunday’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea, called out “extremely provocative and dangerous” US military movements in the region.

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