Vice President Mike Pence agreed to a secret meeting with North Korean leaders at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, dangled a meeting in front of Pence to speak privately, but cancelled just hours prior when they were informed Pence was not going to discuss removing the sanctions against the regime.
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert confirmed the meeting was agreed upon, but said that the U.S. couldn't cater to the regime's ulterior motives.
She also said Pence had planned to make it very clear that the United States will not tolerate the rogue regime's continued threats and missile tests.
"During the Vice President’s recent visit to South Korea to demonstrate allied
