Trump says North Korea ‘called up’ the United States to seek talks

Their trip to Pyongyang on Monday marks the first of its kind since the liberal-leaning Moon was sworn in as South Korean president past year. A key unknown is to what extent North Korea may be able to go into large scale production of missile components rather than just the individual test missiles launched so far.

A special envoy for South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday he’ll relay Moon’s hopes for North Korean nuclear disarmament and a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula when he meets this week with North Korean officials.

While the United States looks to cut off North Korea’s income and force Pyongyang to play ball in regards to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the dictatorial country is reportedly using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to skirt economic barriers. In fact, there is every possibility they won’t. The US believes the North Koreans have been working to improve their rocket engines, mobile missile launchers, and nuclear warhead production.

There is also the outstanding issue of the North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens during the period 1977-83. They lived across the nation, from Ryanggang Province on the northern border with China to the capital Pyongyang to Kangwon Province on the southern border with South Korea. Speaking to reporters at Camp David in January, Trump said he would “absolutely” be willing to talk to Kim without preconditions.

Japan, the United States and other countries also need to urge Russian Federation to work together on the worldwide net encircling North Korea.

The United States is also concerned that there could be a nuclear arms race in the region if North Korea becomes a full nuclear power, as Japan may also become one.

North Korea reiterated on Saturday that it was willing to talk to the United States but said it would “never sit with any precondition”. -North Korean negotiations will be hard to arrange. Trump’s two main foreign policy instincts are to avoid starting wars and to reject President Barack Obama’s practice of allowing risky threats to fester.

South Korea will send a 10-strong delegation to Pyongyang on Monday after diplomatic progress made at last month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang offered hopes of a thaw in relations between the two Koreas.

“The U.S. should not misjudge our intention for dialogue”, a ministry spokesperson stated according to the North’s official KCNA news agency in an English-language report.

He said he was seeking to reciprocate Mr Kim’s decision to send a senior delegation, including his sister Kim Yo Jong, to the Olympics. The inference is he would focus on American targets, including possibly USA bases in South Korea.

But then he appeared to depart from his written remarks to describe an overture that Pyongyang has extended to Washington, apparently through the government in South Korea.