Morning Jolt: Suddenly, Pyongyang Wants to Negotiate Denuclearization! Maybe. South Korea Says So.

If this really pans out, it's a remarkable breakthrough for peace and stability.

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while it is engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.

During the envoys' two-day visit to Pyongyang, the North's capital, which ended on Tuesday, the two Koreas also agreed to hold a summit meeting between Mr. Kim and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on the countries' border in late April, Mr. Moon's office said in a statement.

"The North Korean side clearly stated its willingness to denuclearize," the statement said. "It made it clear that it would have no reason to keep nuclear weapons if the military threat to the North was eliminated and its security guaranteed."

But the very next sentence offers that giant caveat: If the statement is corroborated by North Korea. . . ." Meaning this is South ...

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Suddenly, Pyongyang Wants to Negotiate Denuclearization! Maybe. South Korea Says So. Jim Geraghty If this really pans out, it's a remarkable breakthrough for peace and stability. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while it is engaged in such talks, South Korean officials said on Tuesday. During the envoys' two-day visit to Pyongyang, the North's capital, which ended on Tuesday, the two Koreas also agreed to hold a summit meeting between Mr. Kim and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on the countries' border in late April, Mr. Moon's office said in a statement. "The North Korean side clearly stated its willingness to denuclearize," the statement said. "It made it clear that it would have no reason to keep nuclear weapons if the military threat to the North was eliminated and its security guaranteed." But the very next sentence offers that giant caveat: If the statement is corroborated by North Korea. . . ." Meaning this is South ... Read More Top Stories What Americans Don't Get about Justin Trudeau J. J. McCullough There are a lot of jokes in Canada about how much everyone hated Pierre Elliott Trudeau — "Canada has finally produced a leader worthy of assassination," etc. The Canadian journalist Peter C.... Death Wish Resists the Resistance Armond White Death Wish Resists the Resistance ADVERTISEMENT Law-School Students Shout Down 'Known Fascist' Christina Hoff Sommers Mairead McArdle The students held signs saying "No platform for fascists," "Your rhetoric is not welcome here," and "Rape culture is not a... CNN Host Asks Ex-Trump Aide if He's Drunk On-Air Jack Crowe The segment concluded Nunberg's day-long media... In 2018, Democrats Might See a Loss as Illegitimate Jonathan S. Tobin There could be a blue wave in November, but if that doesn't happen, Democrats might see the result as... The Left's Farrakhan Problem Rich Lowry "Time's up," the slogan of the Hollywood anti-harassment movement has a very different meaning for Louis... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left Roger Scruton "A masterpiece...[Scruton] neither ridicules nor abuses the writers he considers; he patiently deconstructs them...laying bare their warped assumptions and empty pretensions." — Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE Photo Essays Photoshop of the Day: February 26th-March 2nd Cartoons of the Day: March 5th, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.