With tensions on the Korean Peninsula possibly showing signs of a thaw,...
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is open to holding talks with the leader of North
Korean -- a remark most unlike what we've usually heard from him.
Trump also took credit for the talks scheduled this coming week between Seoul and Pyongyang.
Kim Min-ji reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he would "absolutely" be willing to talk to North Korean
leader Kim Jong-un on the phone.
Speaking to reporters at the Camp David presidential retreat,... Trump said that he always believes
in talking,... and that it's no problem at all.
However, the U.S. leader made clear this does not mean talks come without preconditions
-- saying that he is firm on his stance -- and the North Korean leader knows it.
"He knows I'm not messing around.
I'm not messing around.
Not even a little bit, not even one percent.
He understands that.
At the same time, if we can come up with a very peaceful solution - we are working on
it with Rex, we are working on it with a lot of people."
It's a stark change from his usual tone.
Washington and Pyongyang have been engaged in a war of words,... with Trump taunting
Kim Jong-un as "rocketman" for his missile and nuclear provocations.
Most recently,... Trump boasted that his nuclear arsenal is not only more powerful but actually
works... in response to the North Korean leader's new year's address in which he claimed he
has weapons capable of hitting the U.S. mainland and that a nuclear button is on his desk.
However, Trump's apparently friendly gesture comes as South Korea and North Korea are set
to hold officials talks for the first time in more than two years.
Pyongyang agreed to the talks just hours after Seoul and Washington delayed a military exercise.
The U.S. leader took credit for the latest breakthrough -- saying that if it weren't
for him the two Koreas wouldn't be talking right now.
"Look, right now they're talking Olympics.
It's a start, it's a big start.
If I weren't involved they wouldn't be talking Olympics right now.
They would be doing no talking or they would be much more serious."
The U.S. leader added that he wants to see the talks take Seoul and Pyongyang beyond
the Olympics,... and that if something can come out of those talks it would be great
for all of humanity.
Trump went on to say that at an appropriate time,... the U.S. will also get involved.
Kim Min-ji, Arirang News.
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