After months of provocative, bellicose language, including threats to launch nuclear strikes at the United States and South Korea, Pyongyang says it is ready for high level talks with the US with a view to easing tensions and denuclearization.
During the early weeks of June, North Korea indicated its willingness to return to the negotiating table. But Washington remained wary of North Korea’s time-worn tactic of alternating between provocations and engagement.
