Rumors of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un are heating up
The United States special representative for North Korea is headed to Moscow amid rumors in South Korean media that Kim Jong Un is planning to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon.
Stephen Biegun's trip appears to be the latest attempt by Washington to jumpstart high-stakes nuclear talks with Pyongyang that have seemingly been stuck in neutral since the abrupt end to a summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi.Trump and Kim left the Vietnamese capital without a deal in part due to disagreements over trading sanctions relief for North Korea scaling back its nuclear program.
Russia-North Korea summitNeither Russia nor North Korea has announced an official meeting between their two leaders, who are not believed to have ever met each other. On Tuesday, South Korean deputy foreign affairs minister Kim In-chul said that Seoul is aware"that the summit between Russia and North Korea is being pushed forward."Kim met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrorv last year, days before Kim traveled to Singapore to meet US President Donald Trump.
Bermudez told CNN it's unclear what type of radioactive material is potentially being moved. It could be radioactive waste, chemicals that have become radioactive during reprocessing, or fissile material. The North Koreans also know the world watches Yongbyon via satellite imagery, so it's always possible the deployment of the cars could be meant for deception. "We just don't know," Bermudez said. This handout image from CSIS shows the fifth rail car.
While satellite imagery can reveal significant details about Pyongyang's nuclear program, open-source imagery analysts and North Korea experts typically caution against drawing broad or sweeping conclusions from them without complementary intelligence. Bermudez said it's important to remember that"satellite imagery is only one tool in the tool box and you really need other information to take this further.
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