Biden nuclear envoy ready for talks ‘anytime’ with N. Korea (Update)


Sung Kim, speaks to South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk during their bilateral meeting at a hotel in Seoul on June 21, 2021. - AP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): President Joe Biden’s point man for North Korea said the Us was ready for talks "anywhere, anytime” with North Korea, providing a strong signal Washington is prepared to revive a stagnant disarmament dialogue with Pyongyang.

Sung Kim, the US special representative for North Korea, said after discussions Monday (June 21) in Seoul with South Korean counterpart Noh Kyu-duk and Japan’s Takehiro Funakoshi that the Biden administration’s policy called for "a calibrated, practical approach, ” which includes possible diplomacy with North Korea.

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