North Korea Open to Direct Talks with United States

The North Korean delegation to the Winter Olympics told South Korea that Pyongyang was “willing to have talks” with the United States, the Washington Post reports.

“The statement did not make any mention of North Korea’s nuclear program or whether the dialogue would be about denuclearization. But still, this is the first sign of willingness from North Korea in years, and it comes when the Trump administration has been signaling an openness to talk without preconditions.”