North Korea Vexes China’s Diplomatic Push in Asian Meeting

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei—China has made some progress in its efforts to improve diplomatic ties at high-level Asian meetings here, but it didn’t appear to succeed much in swaying its petulant protégé North Korea from backing off its nuclear ambitions.

Pyongyang bucked China’s moves to encourage it back toward resuming stalled negotiations among six countries aimed at ultimately denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. Instead it lashed out at Washington, accusing the U.S. of forcing the reclusive nation to accelerate efforts to develop its own nuclear deterrent.

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NATASHA BRERETON-FUKUI, The Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/hmew8O4ErwU/