00:00United States President Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this year.
00:06He made the remark in the Oval Office while hosting South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung.
00:14North Korea did not respond immediately, but later its state media claimed
00:19recent US-South Korea military drills showed Washington intended to occupy the peninsula
00:26and threaten neighboring countries.
00:28Since Trump took office in January, Kim has ignored repeated US calls to resume direct diplomacy.
00:36Lee, meanwhile, warned that sanctions have failed to curb North Korea's nuclear development.
00:42He said Pyongyang could soon produce 10 to 20 nuclear warheads a year
00:47and only needs a perfected re-entry vehicle to deliver them intercontinentally.
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