U.S. negotiators dangled a Trumpian carrot before North Korean diplomats during nuclear talks two weeks ago: a promise to complete and expand a tourist resort that has been a favorite project of Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n
The American diplomats offered the development help in exchange for denuclearization, according to the South Korean newspaper Hankook Ibo.<\/p>\n
The under-construction Kalma tourist area on North Koreas east coast includes dozens of hotels, a shopping mall, and an indoor water park under a glass pyramid roof.<\/p>\n
Trump, who touted the Hermit Kingdoms great beaches after his 2018 summit with Kim in Singapore, said the area could have the best hotels in the world right here.<\/p>\n
The Oct. 5 talks in Stockholm broke down after eight hours and ended in an impasse, Pyongyangs top negotiator said but the White House insisted progress had been made.<\/p>\n
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