Washington Post: Trump Accepts Talks With North Korea’s Kim

North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong Un has invited US President Donald Trump for talks, as conveyed by a South Korea delegation that traveled to North Korea. South Korean security and intelligence officials traveled to Washington, and said Trump agreed to a meeting before summer: “an extraordinary scene – a foreign official, unaccompanied by U.S. leaders, briefing the press at the White House about the American president’s plans,” reports Anna Fifield for the Washington Post. “After a year in which North Korea fired inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching all of the United States and tested what is widely thought to have been a hydrogen bomb, such a moratorium would be welcomed by the U.S. and the world.” The United States will maintain sanctions, and Kim agreed to halt testing for the time being. Fifield reports that North Koreans are confused by Trump’s leadership style. South Korean national security adviser Chung Eui-yong praised Trump for bringing Kim to the table, and Trump expressed gratitude to China for its support of sanctions. US officials already express concern about North Korean and US leaders being seen as equals. If the meeting materializes, it would be the first between heads of state for the two countries. – YaleGlobal