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ReutersnewsagencysaystheUnitedStatesispursuingdirectdiplomacybehindthesceneswithNorthKorea, despitetheongoingwarofwordsbetweenPresidentDonaldTrumpandPyongyang.
InanexclusivestorypublishedWednesday, ReuterssaysithaslearnedfromanunnamedStateDepartmentofficialthatJosephYun, theU.S. specialenvoytoNorthKorea, hasbeenspeakingwithdiplomatsstationedattheNorth'sUnitedNationsmission, utilizingwhatisknowninthediplomatictradeas "theNewYorkchannel."
PresidentTrumphasopenlyvowedtodestroyNorthKoreaiftheregimecontinuestodevelopitsnuclearandballisticmissileweaponsprograms. Pyongyangthisyearconducteditsixthandmostpowerfulnucleardetonationandhastestfiredanumberofmissiles, includingapurportedintercontinentalballisticmissilethat, ifperfected, couldtheoreticallyreachtheU.S. mainland.
WhenSecretaryofStateRexTillersonsaidlastmonththatWashingtonwasseekingadiplomaticopeningwithPyongyang, TrumpwentonTwitterandurgedTillersontostop "wastinghistimetryingtonegotiatewith 'LittleRocketMan' "-- thederisivenicknamehehasbestowedontheyoungleader.
路透社报道，尽管川普总统与平壤持续恶语相加，美国正在秘密寻求与朝鲜的直接外交接触。
路透社在星期三公布的独家报道中表示，一名不愿透露姓名的美国国务院官员透露，美国对朝政策特别代表尹汝尚一直在与朝鲜驻联合国特派团的外交官保持联系，利用外交行业中人们所知的 “纽约渠道”。
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