North Korea Denuclearization Plan Has Gone Nowhere Since Trump-Kim Summit

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a declaration in June, but the vague language may be hampering further negotiations

Evan Vucci / AP

After meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore this past June, President Trump was effusive.

“Our conversation was open, honest, direct and very, very productive,” he said. “We produced something that is beautiful.”

But after five months of canceled meetings and muted statements of dissatisfaction by both countries, experts say there is no sign of progress toward the Singapore goal of so-called “denuclearization” of the North.