INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korea's vice foreign minister had called remarks by Mike Pence about the country stupid.Washington: North
Korea's reaction to comments by US Vice President Mike Pence were the "last straw" that led the White House to cancel President Donald
Trump's planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a White House official said on Thursday.North Korea's vice foreign minister
called remarks by Pence about North Korea stupid and suggested the two countries could either meet for a summit or for a nuclear
showdown.The White House official said there was still hope for peace with North Korea but the country needed to change its rhetoric to get
there."There is a backdoor that's open still if the North Koreans are willing to walk through it
But it involves some changing of their rhetoric at a minimum," the official said. © Thomson Reuters 2018
