SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States have agreed to hold working-level talks on Oct. 5, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, a development that would break months of stalemate since a failed summit in February.
Talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs have been stalled in a holding pattern since the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam ended without a deal.
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Update #1: North Korea, US say nuclear talks to resume this weekend (AP)
Update #2: US, N. Korea to resume nuclear talks this weekend amid sanctions stalemate (France 24)
WNU Editor: The career diplomats and the specialists are now going to work on the details, and I suspect that we will be hearing for the next few months complaints that the other side is not compromising enough. My analysis on these talks has not changed. It is going to take long time for anything substantive to come from these talks, and there is no guarantee of success.
