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The United States and North Korea have both indicated a willingness to hold another summit meeting while concurrently downplaying its likelihood. Pyongyang rejects working-level meetings that would lay the necessary groundwork for a detailed agreement, although Secretary of State Michael Pompeo commented that bilateral communication has occurred. Rampant speculation continues, however, of either a significant North Korean provocation or an abrupt summit to sign a minimalist denuclearization accord or a symbolic peace treaty before the U.S. presidential election.

North Korea may create the post of first vice foreign minister in a bid to deal with affairs with South Korea, as the country has been pushing to abolish agencies in charge of inter-Korean ties, a Seoul official said Friday. Ko Young-hwan, a former North Korean diplomat who has become special adviser to South Korea's unification minister, said North Korea could appoint Ri Son-gwon, head of the United Front Depar...

North Korea may let the first vice foreign minister handle inter-Korean affairs as the country has been pushing to abolish agencies in charge of ties between the two Koreas in a show of animosity toward the South, a Seoul official said Friday.

Pyongyang used to describe the nuclear arsenal as the ‘treasure of Koreans,’ hinting non-use against the South.

The decision comes amid the firm stance of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on implementing hardline policy towards Pyongyang.