North Korea claps back at Mike Pence's 'ignorant and stupid remarks,' leaving summit with the US hanging by a thread

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A senior North Korean official forcefully condemned comments that US Vice President Mike Pence made recently during an interview with Fox News.

Pence reignited concerns over the US's strategy for upcoming diplomatic talks with North Korea on Monday, after suggesting the North could end up like Libya if it doesn't agree to fully cooperate with the US.

The North Korean official threatened to recommend pulling out of the planned summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea fired some highly charged statements toward US Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday, all but torching what had been an otherwise conciliatory mood that the White House hoped to carry into a historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Choe Son Hui, North Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, called out Pence in a scathing statement and threatened to scuttle the Trump-Kim meeting set to take place in Singapore next month.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Here's what 'Narcos' and 'Sicario' get right and wrong about drug cartelsSee Also:North Korea rips 'denuclearization' narrative from Trump with flashy, probably meaningless test-site destructionMike Pence issues warning to Kim Jong Un if the North Korean leader 'doesn't make a deal' with TrumpTrump reportedly thinks he doesn't need to prepare for his summit with North KoreaSEE ALSO: Kim Jong Un is said to be worried about North Korea falling to a military coup while he's rubbing shoulders with Trump in Singapore

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