‘Wishful thinking': State Department denies North Korea talks broke down

Negotiations to dismantle the North Korea nuclear weapons program have not broken down, according to a State Department official who disputed the regime’s negative assessment.

“The early comments from the DPRK delegation do not reflect the content or the spirit of today’s 8 1/2 hour discussion,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said, using the official acronym for the North Korean regime. “The United States and the DPRK will not overcome a legacy of 70 years of war and hostility on the Korean Peninsula through the course of a single Saturday.”