Article snippet: The Trump administration — which canceled two large-scale spring war games between the United States and South Korea in an effort to move along nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea — is now grappling with reports that Pyongyang is preparing to launch a missile soon. The reports follow MORE and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's failure to reach an agreement at their summit last month. North Korea's account for the failure differs from Trump's, a fact that has increased tensions between the countries. Experts warn that tensions could rise before negotiations move forward. "I worry a little bit that this could get worse before it gets better because both sides want to try to figure out how to get the other side back to the table," said Victor Cha, a former official in charge of Korea relations in the George W. Bush administration. "And they may say pressure is the way to do that.” National security adviser John Bolton on Sunday said Trump would be "preparing to launch another missile or rocket. The admission of possible backward momentum is a rare step for Trump, who famously declared after the Singapore summit that “there is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.” Trump also said in June that Kim had told him the country was “already destroying” the Sohae facility. “That’s a big thing,” Trump told reporters at the time. “The site is going to be destroyed very soon.” But Trump, who abruptly ended talks with Kim last week in Vietnam, said North Korea ha... Link to the full article to read more