The U.S. asked North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons as early as possible by shipping some of them out of the country, in a move to win an early and concrete achievement in denuclearizing the reclusive state, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.
During negotiations ahead of the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the U.S. administration called on the regime to remove some of its weapons, including nuclear warheads, materials and intercontinental ballistic missiles from the country in return for easing economic sanctions, the agency reported, citing unidentified high-level sources. North Korea is