North Korea willing to give up nuclear weapons for safety guarantees, Seoul says
Seoul — North Korea told South Korea it was willing to give up its nuclear weapons, opening the door for talks with the US while raising suspicions that Kim Jong-un was employing another tactic to ease sanctions.Kim told visiting envoys from Seoul that he was ready to suspend weapons tests and hold candid talks with the US to normalise relations, if the safety of his regime was guaranteed, the South Korean government said on Tuesday. In response, South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to meet Kim for a summit along their shared border late in April."We will see what happens," US President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that linked to an earlier North Korea story. The White House, National Security Council and state department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Trump has said that North Korea must be willing to denuclearise before talks can begin, even as tension on the Korean peninsula have eased recently, as both countries participated in the Winter Oly...
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