
US President Donald Trump welcomed North Korea’s breakthrough offer of denuclearization talks as positive — and apparently sincere — saying Tuesday the standoff over Pyongyang’s weapons drive would not be allowed to “fester.” Seoul had earlier announced the two Koreas would hold a historic summit in the Demilitarized Zone next ...

The South Korean envoy who has returned from a trip to Pyongyang has said that a telephone “hotline” will be established between the leaders of two Koreas; the first phone conversation is expected to take place before the beginning of the summit. The envoy said Tuesday following the meeting with ...