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U.S. 'making a lot of progress' on North Korea issue -Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his meeting with South Korean president Moon Jae-in during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was making progress on the North Korean issue, ahead of an expected sanctions announcement by Washington over Pyongyang's ballistic and nuclear weapons program. "I think we're making a lot of progress in a lot of ways," Trump said before going into a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. (Reporting by Steve Holland and Yara Bayoumy; editing by Grant McCool)