N.Korea's Kim sent message to Trump

North Korea's Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory" "letter-like" message to Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear talks, a South Korean nespaper reports.

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump

북한의 김정은 위원장이 도널드 트럼프 미 대통령에게 친서를 보낸 것으로 보도됐다. Source: AAP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to US President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday.

Kim's "letter-like" message to Trump was delivered on Friday through an unspecified channel, the newspaper reported, citing an unnamed diplomatic source.

The report did not include details about the substance of the message but said they related to US-North Korea talks.

On Sunday, the office of South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said Kim had sent a letter to his counterpart in Seoul saying he wants to hold more inter-Korean summits next year to achieve denuclearisation of the peninsula.


Neither the US State Department nor the US Embassy in Seoul had an immediate comment about the report of Kim's message to Trump when contacted by Reuters.

At a summit with Trump in Singapore in June, Kim vowed to work towards denuclearisation.

However, both sides have struggled to make progress on this matter. They are also yet to reschedule a meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol after an abrupt cancellation in November.


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