US Secretary of State Postpones Denuclearization Talks with North Korean Official

I have been suspecting that once the US mid-term elections were over that the White House would begin taking a harder line on North Korea’s denuclearization.  This meeting cancelation could be the first sign of it:

High-level talks between the U.S. and North Korea set for this week in New York have been postponed.

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday the meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the vice chairman of the North Korean ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee Kim Yong-chol on Thursday has been called off.

Without providing a reason, the department said the two sides will reconvene talks when their respective schedules permit, adding the U.S. remains focused on fulfilling the commitments agreed to by their leaders in June.  [KBS World Radio]