FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump hailed ‘possible progress’ Tuesday [3-6-18] in talks between North Korea and South Korea, hours after the US ally said that North Korea is willing to talk to the United States about giving up its nuclear program…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has also agreed to refrain from conducting nuclear and missile tests while engaging in dialogue with the United States, Seoul’s national security chief Chung Eui-yong said after returning from talks with Kim. Chung said Pyongyang expressed willingness to talk to the United States ‘in an open-ended dialogue to discuss the issue of denuclearization and to normalize relations with North Korea.’
Chung will travel to the United States ‘sometime this week,’ a spokesperson for the South Korean presidential office tells CNN.
The Trump administration, which has aggressively pursued sanctions against North Korea, has said it won’t meet with the regime unless it abandons its nuclear program. Moon has previously called on the US to ease its position on preconditions for talks.”
-Maegan Vazquez, “Trump hails ‘possible progress’ in North Korea talks,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 6, 2018 10:57am