North Korean Leader's Sister Says Denuclearisation Is 'Not Possible' At This Time

ABC News Online: North Korean leader's sister says another summit unlikely but a 'surprise thing may still happen'

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, said another summit with the United States would only be useful for Washington at this point, adding her country had no intention of "threatening the US," according to state media.

Ms Kim said in her personal opinion, there is unlikely to be another summit between leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump this year but "a surprise thing may still happen," state news agency KCNA reported on Friday (local time).

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was "very hopeful" about resuming talks with North Korea about denuclearisation and appeared to leave open the possibility of another summit between the countries' leaders.

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More News On Kim Yo-jong

Kim's sister says 'no need' for another US-N. Korea summit -- AFP
North Korean leader’s sister says another summit with the U.S. is unlikely -- CNBC/Reuters
Kim Jong Un's sister says she doubts another U.S.-North Korea summit will happen this year -- Politico
Kim Yo Jong sued over destruction of inter-Korean liaison office -- UPI
Kim Yo-jong: Profile of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister -- BBC
Will the real Kim Yo Jong stand up? -- Bruce W. Bennett, The Hill

North Korea Says Little Reason To Maintain Kim-Trump Ties

Reuters: North Korea says little reason to maintain Kim-Trump ties: KCNA

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea sees little use maintaining a personal relationship between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump if Washington sticks to hostile policies, state media reported on Friday - the two-year anniversary of the leaders’ first summit.

U.S. policies prove Washington remains a long-term threat to the North Korean state and its people and North Korea will develop more reliable military forces to counter that threat, Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA.

Trump and Kim exchanged insults and threats during 2017 as North Korea made large advances in its nuclear and missile programme and the United States responded by leading an international effort to tighten sanctions.

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More News On North Korea Claiming That Their Relationship With the U.S. Is Over

North Korea questions need to keep 'holding hands' with US -- BBC
Two years after Trump-Kim summit, North Korea voices despair, vows to build military -- Washington Post
North Korea Vows to Boost Nuclear Program, Saying U.S. Diplomacy Failed -- New York Times
North Korea voices 'despair' for ties with US, 2 years after summit -- Gulf News/AFP
North Korea warns U.S. against meddling, threatens elections -- UPI
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un unlikely to improve relations, North Korean state media says -- ABC News Online
North Korea says it sees no point in maintaining Kim-Trump ties -- Al Jazeera
NK’s tough talk back on front lines -- Kim So-hyun, Korea Herald

North Korea Says It Will Cut Military And Political Communications With South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes part in the 13th Political Bureau meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on June 7

Daily Mail: North Korea says it will cut military and political communications with 'enemy' South Korea in row over anti-Kim leaflets sent over the border

* North Korea will cut military and political communication lines to South Korea
* It is upset about defectors sending leaflets and other materials to the country
* On Tuesday, North Korea will end lines of communication at a liaison office

North Korea will cut military and political communication lines to 'enemy' South Korea on Tuesday, state media said, after threats over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border.

For several days, North Korea has lashed out at South Korea, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and other projects if the South does not stop defectors from sending leaflets and other material into the North.

Pyongyang 'will completely cut off and shut down the liaison line between the authorities of the North and the South, which has been maintained through the North-South joint liaison office,' as well as other communication links 'from 12:00 on June 9, 2020,' the Korean Central News Agency said.

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More News On North Korea Saying It Will Cut Military And Political Communications With South Korea

North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea: KCNA -- Reuters
N. Korea to cut communication lines to 'enemy' South: KCNA -- France 24
North Korea halts all communications with South in row over leafleting -- BBC
North Korea to cut all communications with 'enemy' South -- The Guardian
North Korea to sever all communication with South Korea: KCNA -- DW
North Korea to cut off all inter-Korean communication lines at midday: KCNA -- NK News

North Korea Has Stopped Answering Calls From South Korea

BBC: North Korea: Call from South to North goes unanswered for first time

South Korea's daily call to a jointly-run liaison office in North Korea has gone unanswered for the first time.

The break came days after North Korea said it would pull out of the inter-Korean liaison office, located in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

The agency was set up to reduce tensions between the two nations - part of an agreement signed by leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in 2018.

The agency was temporarily closed in January due to Covid-19 restrictions.

But the two sides had been in regular contact until Monday.

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WNU Editor: He looks relaxed .... Kim Jong Un's feeling all white! North Korean leader ditches his usual dull attire as he observes social distancing during meeting, weeks after he was rumoured to be seriously ill (Daily Mail).

More News On North Korea

North Korea's Kim stresses self-sufficient economy as tensions with South Korea rise -- Reuters
North Korea's Kim Stresses Self-Sufficient Economy as Tensions With South Korea Rise -- New York Times
Coronavirus: No mention of COVID-19 as Kim Jong Un chairs Politburo meeting -- SKY News
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un in new photos at political meeting -- News.com.au
Kim Jong Un eyes chemicals, fertilisers to boost N Korea economy -- Al Jazeera

South Korean Intelligence Says N. Korean Leader Looking To Hold 3rd Summit With U.S. In December

Reuters: North Korea, U.S. could resume talks in mid-November: South Korean MP

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States could hold another round of working-level talks as soon as mid-November to expedite progress before a year-end deadline set by the North, a member of South Korea’s parliament said on Monday.

North Korean and U.S. officials met last month in Stockholm, for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed in June to reopen denuclearization talks that stalled after a failed summit in Vietnam in February.

But the talks in Sweden broke off with the North’s envoy saying the United States failed to show flexibility.

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Update: Kim Jong Un has 'decided' on U.S.-North Korea summit, Seoul says (UPI)

WNU Editor: Something is cooking .... U.S., South Korea to Suspend Joint Air Drill Again, Yonhap Says (Bloomberg).

Update #2: Maybe .... North Korea is Missing Its Best Chance for a Deal in a Generation (Robert E. Kelly, National Interest)

North Korea Says Nuclear Talks Have Broken Down. U.S. Disagrees

Daily Mail: North Korea ends nuclear talks with the US just HOURS after they started and blames America for bringing 'nothing to the negotiation table' - but Washington claims the talks went well

* North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator announced end of talks in Stockholm
* Working-level discussions began on Thursday in the Swedish capital
* A day earlier, the North successfully test-fired submarine-launched missile

Working-level nuclear talks between North Korea and the United States have broken off, North Korea's chief negotiator said on Saturday.

'The negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off,' the North's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil, told reporters through an interpreter outside the country's embassy in Stockholm.

The North Korean delegation arrived in Stockholm on Thursday for the working-level denuclearization talks.

Kim blamed Washington for bringing 'nothing to the negotiation table' at the meeting, which came after months of stalemate.

He said talks broke down 'entirely because the U.S. has not discarded its old stance and attitude.'

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WNU Editor: No one said these talks were going to be easy.

More News On U.S. - North Korean Nuclear Talks

The Latest: North Korea says talks broke down; US disagrees -- AP
North Korea decries breakdown of talks US says were ‘good’ -- AP
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with U.S. in Sweden - Reuters
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US -- DW
US denies North Korean nuclear talks failed -- BBC
US and North Korea at odds over 'good' nuclear negotiations that broke down leaving Pyongyang 'very displeased' -- ABC News Online
North Korea says talks with US have FAILED, urges Washington to ‘reconsider position’ -- RT
Nuclear Talks Between North Korea And US Collapse After Months Of Negotiations -- Zero Hedge

North Korea Says Nuclear Talks With US Will Resume On Oct. 5

Reuters: North Korea, U.S. to hold working-level talks at weekend: KCNA

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States have agreed to hold working-level talks on Oct. 5, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, a development that would break months of stalemate since a failed summit in February.

Talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs have been stalled in a holding pattern since the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam ended without a deal.

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Update #1: North Korea, US say nuclear talks to resume this weekend (AP)
Update #2: US, N. Korea to resume nuclear talks this weekend amid sanctions stalemate (France 24)

WNU Editor: The career diplomats and the specialists are now going to work on the details, and I suspect that we will be hearing for the next few months complaints that the other side is not compromising enough. My analysis on these talks has not changed. It is going to take long time for anything substantive to come from these talks, and there is no guarantee of success.

North Korea Wants Progress On Talks With the U.S.

Reuters: North Korea says lack of progress casts doubt on prospects for future summit with U.S.: KCNA

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday that a lack of progress in implementing agreements made between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast doubt on prospects for a future summit, state news agency KCNA said.

“The U.S. has done nothing for implementing the joint statement” from the first summit between Trump and Kim in Singapore last year, KCNA said, quoting North Korean Foreign Ministry advisor Kim Kye Gwan.

The official criticized the joint military drills between U.S. and South Korea, as well as strengthened sanctions and pressure on North Korea.

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Update: After Lack Of US Progress, North Korea "Doubts Possibility Of Future US Talks" (Zero Hedge)

WNU Editor: U.S. Secretary of State has made it official that there will be no talks this month .... Pompeo: No US-North Korea Talks Possible by End of September (VOA/Reuters).

President Trump Says 'Probably Not' The Right Time To Visit Pyongyang

AFP: Trump says 'probably not' right time to visit Pyongyang

US President Donald Trump said Monday that it is "probably not" the right time for him to visit North Korea but he could see doing so sometime in the future.

"I don't think we're ready for that," Trump told reporters when asked about visiting Pyongyang for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "I think we have a ways to go yet.

"The relationship is very good," Trump added, but the time was not right for a visit to Pyongyang.

"I would do it at sometime, at sometime in a later future," he said. "And depending on what happens, I'm sure he'll love coming to the United States also."

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Previous Post: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Has Invited U.S. President Trump To Visit Pyongyang

WNU Editor: President Trump did not say no. But I think a lot of negotiations and concessions will need to be made before such a trip happens.

North Korea Says It's Willing To Resume Nuclear Talks With U.S.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. © Reuters / KCNA / File Photo

Reuters: North Korea says it is willing to resume nuclear talks with U.S. in late September

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it was willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States in late September, but warned that chances of a deal could end unless Washington takes a fresh approach.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed in a June 30 meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to reopen working-level talks stalled since their failed February summit in Hanoi, but this has yet to happen in spite of repeated appeals from Washington.

In a statement carried by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency, Vice North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said Pyongyang was willing to have “comprehensive discussions” with the United States in late September at a time and place agreed between both sides.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. also wants a resumption of talks .... US coaxing, pressuring N. Korea for talks (Korea Herald).

More News On North Korea Saying It Is Willing To Resume Nuclear Talks With U.S.

North Korea says it's willing to resume nuke talks with US -- AP
North Korea says it's open to restarting nuclear negotiations with US in late September -- The Hill
N. Korea ‘willing to resume’ nuclear talks with US in late September – ministry -- RT

South Korean President Says North Korea Will Be Denuclearized In 2022 And The Two Koreas Unified By 2045

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on Apr 27, 2018. (File Photo: Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters)

The Guardian: Korean peninsula will be united by 2045, says Seoul amid Japan row

President Moon Jae-in plans joint Olympics with North Korea in 2032 and calls on Japan to contemplate its wartime past

South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has vowed to achieve the unification of the Korean peninsula by 2045, a century after the end of the second world war.

In a speech to mark the 74th anniversary on Thursday of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 rule, Moon also said South Korea would “gladly join” hands with its former colonial ruler to defuse an escalating trade dispute whose roots lie in the country’s bitter wartime history.

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Update #1: South Korea's Moon Vows to Seek Reunification With North Korea by 2045 (Sputnik)
Update #2: South Korea President Promises North Korean Denuclearization by 2022, Unified Korea by 2045 (PJ Media)

WNU Editor: I guess South Korean President Moon Jae-in did not get this message .... North Korea Says Talks With South Korea Are Over. Fires More Missiles Into The Sea.

North Korea Says Talks With South Korea Are Over. Fires More Missiles Into The Sea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test-fire of two short-range ballistic missiles in an undated picture released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 26. North Korea on Thursday vowed to sever talks with South Korea. (Reuters)

The Guardian: North Korea fires more projectiles and says talks with 'impudent' South are over

Regime says it is ‘senseless’ for Seoul to hope for talks while it continues joint military drills with US

North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea’s military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea’s president as “impudent” and vowed that inter-Korean talks were over.

Pyongyang said it was “senseless” for Seoul to hope for a resumption of inter-Korean dialogue while it continued its military exercises with the US.

On Saturday, the regime fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, the fifth round of launches in less than three weeks.

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More News On North Korea Saying Talks With South Korea Are Over

North Korea fires projectiles, rejects South Korea's dialogue pledge -- Reuters
North Korea fires two projectiles into sea off eastern coast -- Al Jazeera

North Korea snubs peace talks with South Korea over war drills -- BBC

North Korea Warns It Might Resume Nuclear And Missile Tests

The Hill: North Korea warns US-South Korea drills threaten nuclear talks

North Korea is warning that planned U.S.-South Korea military drills could pose a threat to denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang.

A statement from North Korea published by its official Korean Central News Agency said that President Trump had promised to halt the exercises during two of his meetings with Kim Jong Un, but that the planned drills and weapons sent to South Korea show the U.S. is not keeping up its agreement, according to The Associated Press.

“With the U.S. unilaterally reneging on its commitments, we are gradually losing our justifications to follow through on the commitments we made with the U.S. as well,” the statement said.

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WNU Editor: So much for previous reports that North Korea's main nuclear negotiator was executed .... 'Executed' North Korean negotiator is alive, says South Korea's spy agency (The Telegraph). More here .... North Korean nuclear envoy reported executed is alive: South Korea legislator (Reuters).

More News On North Korea Warning It Might Resume Nuclear And Missile Tests

North Korea suggests it might lift weapons test moratorium -- AP
North Korea says nuclear talks at risk if U.S.-South Korea exercises go ahead -- Reuters
Pyongyang warns nuclear talks at risk if S. Korea-US war games go ahead -- RT

North Korean State Media: Kim Jong Un Received An ‘Excellent’ Letter From Trump

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reads a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 22, 2019. KCNA via REUTERS

CNBC: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un received an ‘excellent’ letter from Trump: State media

* “Kim Jong Un said that he would seriously contemplate the interesting content,” the state news agency reported.
* Additional details about what was in the dispatch were not provided.
* Trump has walked a controversial line in his relationship with Kim, at times expressing affection for the North Korean dictator while at other times threatening Pyongyang if it does not comply with his demands.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un received a personal letter from President Donald Trump, the communist dictatorship’s state media reported over the weekend.

Kim said the letter “is of excellent content,” according to the Korean Central News Agency. Additional details about what was in the dispatch were not provided.

“Kim Jong Un said that he would seriously contemplate the interesting content,” the state news agency reported.

The White House could not be immediately reached for comment.

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Update #1: North Korea: Kim receives ‘excellent’ letter from Trump (AP)
Update #2: North Korea's Kim says will consider letter received from Trump (Reuters)

WNU Editor: This follows a letter that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent to President Trump two weeks ago .... Donald Trump says he got another 'beautiful' letter from North Korea's Kim Jong Un (USA Today).

How Should South Korea Handle North Korea?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Photo: Reuters

Aidan Foster-Carter, 38 North: How Should South Korea Handle the North? Reciprocity/Bipartisanship/Planning for the Long Haul

A year on from the extraordinary Panmunjom Summit—the first meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un—which raised so many hopes, the inter-Korean march toward peace has ground to a halt. Already this year the North had slowed the pace. And now Kim Jong Un has stomped off the field in a post-Hanoi huff.

A mercurial US President Donald Trump and a scheming National Security Advisor John Bolton are hardly Moon Jae-in’s fault. But Kim seems minded to shoot the middleman. His hard-line policy speech on April 12 to the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) included criticism of the “south Korean authorities” for “pos[ing] as a meddlesome ‘mediator’ and ‘facilitator’ as they busy themselves with foreign trips.” Moon was not named, but this mean snark was uttered the same day he returned from Washington, after yet another noble attempt to promote peace and dialogue on the peninsula.

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WNU Editor: This is a good analysis on South Korea's many failed attempts to reconcile with the North. And while tensions on the Korean peninsula have gone down appreciably in the past year (even with recent North Korean missile tests), this is a process that is going to take years (if not decades) to work itself out. The best thing to do is keep the door open. Keep on enforcing sanctions. And help when help is needed .... Donald Trump supports donation of food to North Korea despite nuclear stand-off, Seoul claims (SCMP/Bloomberg).

Is Replacement Of North Korea’s Top Envoy For Nuclear Talks With U.S. A ‘Positive Signal’

Kim Yong-chol was dismissed as the chief of the United Front Department. Photo: Reuters

SCMP: Replacement of North Korea’s top envoy for nuclear talks with US a ‘positive signal’, analysts say

* Kim Yong-chol, a senior trusted official, has been sacked as the negotiator for nuclear talks with the US
* But he is likely to retain his high standing in the Workers’ Party, analysts say, as the dismissal indicates diplomacy will be returned to the foreign ministry

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un
has fired his top envoy for nuclear talks with the United States, blaming him for the collapse of the second Trump-Kim summit
in Hanoi, a South Korean lawmaker said on Wednesday, citing security briefings.

Kim Yong-chol, the senior official who delivered Kim’s letters to Trump and has acted as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s counterpart, was dismissed as the chief of the United Front Department, said the head of the South Korean parliament’s intelligence committee Lee Hye-hoon.

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WNU Editor: Too early to say on what changes in North Korea's peace delegation may have in future talks. But this caught my eye .... Kim Jong Un's 'princess' sister was mysteriously absent from his side at North Korea's summit with Putin, further fueling rumors of her demotion (Business Insider).

North Korea Says It Wants To Talk But Is Demanding The Removal Of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo From The Talks

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

CNN: North Korea: If US wants to talk, put someone 'more mature' than Pompeo in charge

North Korea's Foreign Ministry has issued a stinging rebuke of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, hours after the country claimed to have tested a new tactical weapon.

In a statement released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Foreign Ministry official Kwon Jong Gun said Pompeo had been "letting loose reckless remarks and sophism of all kinds against us every day."

Kwon said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had made his "principled stand" on negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington clear in a recent speech to the country's rubberstamp parliament.

"Everyone has a clear interpretation of his speech which says that the US should change its way of calculation and come up with responsive measures before the end of this year," Kwon said.

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WNU Editor: Not going to happen.

More News On North Korea Demanding The Removal Of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo From The Talks

North Korea demands removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from talks -- BBC
NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks -- AP
North Korea calls for Pompeo to be dropped from talks; tests tactical weapon -- Reuters
North Korea says Pompeo is ‘talking nonsense,’ wants him replaced in nuclear talks -- The Washington Post
North Korea calls for Pompeo to be dropped from talks; tests tactical weapon -- CNBC
North Korea demands US to sideline Pompeo from nuclear talks: report -- FOX News
N Korea demands Pompeo be removed from nuclear talks -- Japan Times

U.S. President Trump And North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Are Both Open To Having A Thrid Summit

I agree with Kim Jong Un of North Korea that our personal relationship remains very good, perhaps the term excellent would be even more accurate, and that a third Summit would be good in that we fully understand where we each stand. North Korea has tremendous potential for.......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2019

....extraordinary growth, economic success and riches under the leadership of Chairman Kim. I look forward to the day, which could be soon, when Nuclear Weapons and Sanctions can be removed, and then watching North Korea become one of the most successful nations of the World!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2019

ABC News: President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un willing to meet for third summit

Kim announced Saturday he would be open to meeting with President Trump again.

President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that he is open to a third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing their “excellent” personal relationship and understanding of “where we each stand.”

“I agree with Kim Jong Un of North Korea that our personal relationship remains very good, perhaps the term excellent would be even more accurate, and that a third Summit would be good in that we fully understand where we each stand,” Trump tweeted before heading to Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, for the day.

“North Korea has tremendous potential for… extraordinary growth, economic success and riches under the leadership of Chairman Kim,” Trump added. "I look forward to the day, which could be soon, when Nuclear Weapons and Sanctions can be removed, and then watching North Korea become one of the most successful nations of the World!”

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WNU Editor: No one said this was going to be easy. On a positive note. Both leaders remain optimistic, and they are still continuing to look for common ground. My prediction is that another summit will happen, and it will be in the fall.

More News On The Possibility Of Another Trump - Kim Summit

Trump, North Korea's Kim Jong Un open to another nuclear summit -- NBC/AP
President Trump Suggests Third Summit With Kim Jong Un Saying Relations Remain 'Very Good' -- Times/Bloomberg
Trump says he and Kim Jong Un agree that third summit would be “good” -- NK News
Kim Jong Un says he’s willing to have third summit with Trump -- Global News/AP
North Korea willing to take part in talks if US has 'right attitude' -- BBC
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un open to fresh talks with Donald Trump if US has 'right attitude' -- ABC News Online
Kim Jong-un sets conditions after Trump suggests third summit -- Guardian/Reuters
Kim says US must stop 'current way of calculation' to continue nuke talks -- CNN

Has North Korean Kim Jong-Un Fired His Top Nuclear Negotiator

Trump and Kim Yong Chol pose in the Oval Office after Trump accepted the letter. Trump told reporters afterwards that it was a 'nice letter' but then said he hadn't yet read it

WNU Editor: As this blog predicted after the failure of the Hanoi summit with U.S. President Trump, Kim Kong-un is getting rid of his top negotiators .... Report: Top negotiator Kim Yong Chol 'out' in North Korea (UPI). With the exception of his sister, expect a lot of new faces in the next South - North Korean summit, and in talks with U.S. officials in the future.

South Korea Leader Moon Jae-in To Meet President Trump For Talks On North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

USA Today: After Trump-Kim summit, South Korea leader Moon Jae-in to visit White House for talks on North Korea nukes

WASHINGTON – The prospects of renewed nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea will be on the table next month when the president of South Korea visits the White House.

President Donald Trump will meet with South Korea counterpart Moon Jae-in on April 11 to discuss trade, military cooperation, and North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the White House said late Thursday.

"The alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea remains the linchpin of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region," said a White House statement on the meeting.

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More News On South Korea Leader Moon Jae-in To Meet President Trump In April For Talks On North Korea

South Korea's Moon to meet Trump over stalled North Korea talks -- Reuters
S. Korean leader to meet with Trump in US on nuke diplomacy -- ABC News/AP
Trump to host South Korean leader at White House summit on nuclear diplomacy -- Politico
South Korean President Moon Jae-in to meet with Trump in Washington -- NBC
Trump to meet with South Korea’s Moon in April, White House says -- FOX News
Trump and Moon to meet in Washington amid North Korea impasse -- CNN
South Korean Leader to Meet With Trump, Hoping to Salvage His Role as Mediator -- The New York Times
Moon to meet Trump on April 11 -- Korea Herald