The foreign ministers' meeting will be held in Vancouver on 16 January. The Rodong Sinmun said the North rejects the idea on the grounds that the US wants the country to give up its nuclear weapons , regardless of whether talks occur with or without preconditions.
The anti-independence, pro-business Ciutadans (Citizens) party garnered 37 seats in the 135-seat regional assembly with almost 99 percent of the votes counted. Protesters carry Esteladas, Catalan separatist flags, and Basque flags, during a rally in favour of a referendum on independence from Spain for the autonomous community of Catalonia, in the Basque city of Bilbao, Spain September 9, 2017.