U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean chief Kim Jong Un on the demilitarized zone separating the 2 Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019.
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South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok and U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned potential reopening of talks between Trump and North Korean chief Kim Jong Un in a gathering in Washington, Yonhap information company reported on Saturday (March 14, 2026).
Mr. Kim instructed Mr. Trump he was the one Western chief to have had dialogue with North Korea’s Kim and was at the moment the one one that might resolve points on the Korean peninsula, Yonhap quoted Mr. Kim as telling reporters in Washington.
“President Trump stated he was curious if Kim desires to speak to the U.S. or him and requested about my views on that,” Mr. Kim was quoted as saying.
Mr. Kim didn’t say what particular strategies he made to Mr. Trump however stated he instructed Mr. Trump that latest feedback by Pyongyang indicated Mr. Kim could also be open to dialogue with the U.S., Yonhap stated. Mr. Trump confirmed a lot curiosity in the subject, Mr. Kim added.
Mr. Trump met Mr. Kim, the North Korean chief, for 3 rounds of talks in 2018 and 2019 to barter higher relations and a path for Pyongyang to finish its nuclear weapons programme, however the talks stalled when Mr. Trump was voted out of workplace.
A South Korean official confirmed Friday’s (March 13) assembly between Mr. Kim and Mr. Trump however gave no different particulars. Kim’s workplace in Seoul didn’t reply to calls looking for affirmation.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the assembly, which was not beforehand introduced and occurred a day after Mr. Kim met U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance in Washington on Thursday (March 12)
Sturdy dedication
Mr. Kim’s workplace has stated he instructed Mr. Vance that South Korean Parliament’s approval of a invoice this week enabling Seoul to implement a $350 billion funding pledge demonstrated the federal government’s sturdy dedication to finishing up the settlement reached between the nations’ leaders.
Mr. Kim’s workplace stated Mr. Vance welcomed the invoice’s passage, saying it established the authorized situations wanted to implement the funding deal, and known as for continued shut communication between the governments on the problem.
In late January, Mr. Trump threatened to lift tariffs on South Korean items to 25%, saying Seoul’s legislature had but to enact the commerce framework that had capped U.S. levies at 15%.
Seoul and Washington are treaty allies with shut navy ties and greater than 28,000 U.S. troops are station in South Korea.
South Korean media has reported that some U.S. missile defence batteries have been shipped out South Korea’s Osan Air Base and have been prone to be redeployed to U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates given the battle in West Asia.
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