{"id":109669,"date":"2018-04-09T21:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/09\/us-official-says-north-korean-leader-ready-to-discuss-nukes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:26:55","slug":"us-official-says-north-korean-leader-ready-to-discuss-nukes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/09\/us-official-says-north-korean-leader-ready-to-discuss-nukes\/","title":{"rendered":"US official says North Korean leader ready to discuss nukes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 North Korea\u2019s government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday, increasing the likelihood that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/11\/us-officials-say-no-added-conditions-for-north-korea-talks\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the unprecedented summit <\/a>will actually occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The confirmation from Pyongyang directly, rather than from third countries like South Korea, has created more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2018\/03\/28\/trump-good-chance-north-korean-leader-will-do-what-is-right\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">confidence within Trump\u2019s administration<\/a> about the wisdom of holding such a meeting, as U.S. officials make secretive preparations. The Trump administration has long said that if the North Koreans weren\u2019t ready to discuss giving up their nuclear program, there was no reason for the two countries to hold negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/20\/us-south-korean-military-exercises-to-begin-april-1\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18079043532847.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US-South Korean military exercises to begin April 1<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">At a potentially pivotal moment of diplomacy with North Korea, the Pentagon said Monday that annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises that had been postponed for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will begin April 1.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump took his own administration and other countries by surprise last month when he accepted an unusual offer from Kim to hold a meeting. The North had conveyed the invitation to a visiting delegation from South Korea, which in turn traveled to Washington and relayed the message to Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president said yes to the meeting on the spot, even though the U.S. had not yet heard directly from North Korea about Kim\u2019s intentions. The U.S. later heard from other countries including China, where Kim paid a rare visit, that the North was serious about the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, North Korea\u2019s government has not said anything publicly at all about a meeting with Trump, and the lack of known contact between Pyongyang and Washington about the meeting has fueled further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/21\/north-korea-says-its-diplomatic-moves-are-not-a-sign-of-weakness\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">speculation about the seriousness of Kim\u2019s offer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Trump administration official on Sunday said that the U.S. had \u201cconfirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula?.\u201d A second official said that confirmation had come through direct contact between American and North Korean officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither of the officials would say when or how the contact took place, nor in what location. 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