North Korea Threatens “Unwanted Consequences” If U.S. Does Not Give Into Demands

North Korea continues to vocalize that they want a “pretend denuclearization” deal by the end of the year:

A senior North Korean official on Tuesday warned of “unwanted consequences” if Washington does not shift its policy on North Korea’s denuclearization within this year, deepening the nuclear standoff with the U.S.
North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui did not elaborate on what she meant by “unwanted consequences” that she said the U.S. does not want to see. 
Choe also said “North Korea remains committed to achieving denuclearization and will denuclearize in due time. But it will be possible only when the U.S. changes its current way of calculation and reestablishes its stance,” according to the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. 
Choe’s remarks come after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s interview with CBS last Wednesday. Pompeo said the U.S. would “change paths” if the denuclearization talks with the North do not succeed.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but as I said before the Kim regime is likely betting that the Trump administration will give them a “pretend denuclearization” deal in order to claim credit for a foreign policy victory before the 2020 presidential election. Additionally a “pretend denuclearization” deal would keep North Korea quiet during the 2020 campaign season.

It will be interesting to see if their strategy is going to work or not.