North Korea Opens The Door To Possible Talks With The U.S. : NPR
Elise Hu
North Korea is opening the door to possible talks with the United States. The message came from a North Korean delegate at the Winter Olympics during an hour-long meeting with South Korea's president yesterday. North Korea and the U.S. haven't held diplomatic talks since 2012. So could that stalemate break?  NPR's Elise Hu  is in Seoul and joins us now. Hey  Elise.
 ELISE HU   BYLINE: Hey there.
 HU : This certainly is the first time that North Korea has signaled a willingness to talk with the United States in years  but talks themselves are unlikely anytime soon because this is so vague right now. The South Korean presidential Blue House put out a statement yesterday that North Korea expressed a desire for talks that was again confirmed today. And North Korea agreed that as these North-South ties improve that there should be an improvement in North Korea-U.S. ties as well. And this is really helpful to the South Korean president  Moon  who really hasn't wanted to look like he's not getting anything from the North in return for all of the peace and goodwill gestures he's offered during the Olympics. So one of the demands by South Korea seems to be that the North be more willing to reopen dialogue with the U.S.
MARTIN: All right. NPR's Elise Hu for us this morning - thanks so much  Elise.
North Korea is opening the door to possible talks with the United States. The message came from a North Korean delegate at the Winter Olympics during an hour-long meeting with South Korea's president yesterday. North Korea and the U.S. haven't held diplomatic talks since 2012. So could that stalemate break?   [TGT] is in Seoul and joins us now. Hey  Elise.
  [TGT] BYLINE: Hey there.
  [TGT]  : This certainly is the first time that North Korea has signaled a willingness to talk with the United States in years  but talks themselves are unlikely anytime soon because this is so vague right now. The South Korean presidential Blue House put out a statement yesterday that North Korea expressed a desire for talks that was again confirmed today. And North Korea agreed that as these North-South ties improve that there should be an improvement in North Korea-U.S. ties as well. And this is really helpful to the South Korean president  Moon  who really hasn't wanted to look like he's not getting anything from the North in return for all of the peace and goodwill gestures he's offered during the Olympics. So one of the demands by South Korea seems to be that the North be more willing to reopen dialogue with the U.S.
MARTIN: All right. NPR's Elise Hu for us this morning - thanks so much  Elise.