North Korea agrees to inspections in bid to salvage nuclear talks

North Korea offers to permanently abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, in a new gesture by leader Kim Jong Un to revive faltering talks with Washington over his country’s nuclear program.

After a summit in Pyongyang, Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the North was also willing to close its main nuclear complex but only if the United States took unspecified reciprocal action.

The pledges Kim and Moon made at their third summit this year could inject fresh momentum into the stalled nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang and lay the groundwork for another meeting Kim recently proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Washington is demanding concrete action towards denuclearization, such as a full disclosure of North Korea’s nuclear and missile facilities, before agreeing to key goals of Pyongyang – declaring an official end to the 1950-53 Korean War and easing tough international sanctions.

Trump‏ welcomed the latest pledges, saying they were part of “tremendous progress” with Pyongyang on a number of fronts, and hailed the “very good news” from the Korean nations’ summit.

“He’s calm, I’m calm – so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters at the White House, referring to Kim. “It’s very much calmed down.”

Kim said he would visit Seoul in the near future, in what would be the first-ever visit to South Korean capital by a North Korean leader. Moon said the visit was expected to take place by the end of the year.

The leaders also announced a series of steps to deepen bilateral exchanges in the economy, culture and sport.

Satellite images and other evidence in recent months have suggested North Korea is continuing to work on its nuclear program clandestinely.

65 thoughts on “North Korea agrees to inspections in bid to salvage nuclear talks”

  1. But! But Trump! Trump was going to start a nuclear war with North Korea! That’s what the libtards said….not ‘implied’ but outright said…in 2017.

  2. But! But Trump! Trump was going to start a nuclear war with North Korea! That’s what the libtards said….not ‘implied’ but outright said…in 2017.

  3. This is huge. Hopefully it works out but even the verbal statement from North Korea that they will allow inspections is a really huge deal.

  4. This is huge. Hopefully it works out but even the verbal statement from North Korea that they will allow inspections is a really huge deal.

  5. The sooner he is out the safer I will feel. He is a f’ing loose, lit and not entirely stable canon; just waiting for the most appalling time to explode.

  6. I agree and I think it’s just propaganda aimed at a Chinese audience… they don’t care about what Trump thinks as long as they can trade with China.

  7. It’s likely that his advisors stole the orders to start a war off his desk… and then he forgot about it… 😉 😉 😉

  8. Not all inspections are equal… if they were to allow free access to the entire country on demand (like with the scraped Iran nuclear deal) that’s meaningful. However, just few staged events then that’s less than meaningless because it implies they intend to cheat.

  9. The sooner he is out the safer I will feel. He is a f’ing loose lit and not entirely stable canon; just waiting for the most appalling time to explode.

  10. I agree and I think it’s just propaganda aimed at a Chinese audience… they don’t care about what Trump thinks as long as they can trade with China.

  11. It’s likely that his advisors stole the orders to start a war off his desk… and then he forgot about it…;-) 😉 😉

  12. Not all inspections are equal… if they were to allow free access to the entire country on demand (like with the scraped Iran nuclear deal) that’s meaningful. However just few staged events then that’s less than meaningless because it implies they intend to cheat.

  13. So the North Korean regime is not giving up their nuclear arsenal, as requested by Trump? Nor Iran is giving up their, as requested by Trump? Nor is Mexico paying for the wall, as requested by Trump? So..

  14. So the North Korean regime is not giving up their nuclear arsenal as requested by Trump? Nor Iran is giving up their as requested by Trump? Nor is Mexico paying for the wall as requested by Trump? So..

  15. Cute. Mexico paying for the wall meant mexico paying for the wall. Mexico is now NOT paying for the wall , which wont be built anyways . so the uberlords are now brainwashing the masses into believing that, err, they did not really MEAN that

  16. I think Mexico paying for the wall was a reference to Mexico paying for it’s own social problems, instead of the US doing so. The costs to the US of educating illegals, imprisoning them, hospitalizing them………. The wall’s cost is pocket change compared to these costs.

  17. It occurred to me recently, that the PRC has spent so much blood, and treasure keeping Korea divided, because it could not endure having a Japanese style miracle on it’s doorstep. It may have ended up with something worse. The PRC has a Japanese style economic miracle on it’s doorstep, juxtaposed with the worst relative poverty across international boundaries anywhere in the world. In this economic experiment we have a representative republic with fairly lax regulation, compared to a socialist/totalitarian cult of personality, similar to China under Mao, or the USSR under Stalin. The people of the two nations are the same ethnicity. They started out before what the US calls the Korean war with more or less the same language, and culture. There really isn’t a lot of difference between the two countries except form of government. Perhaps the most amazing thing is, there are still idiots in the world that with this example, still advocate for socialism!!!!!

  18. Cute. Mexico paying for the wall meant mexico paying for the wall.Mexico is now NOT paying for the wall which wont be built anyways . so the uberlords are now brainwashing the masses into believing that err they did not really MEAN that

  19. I think Mexico paying for the wall was a reference to Mexico paying for it’s own social problems instead of the US doing so. The costs to the US of educating illegals imprisoning them hospitalizing them……….The wall’s cost is pocket change compared to these costs.

  20. It occurred to me recently that the PRC has spent so much blood and treasure keeping Korea divided because it could not endure having a Japanese style miracle on it’s doorstep. It may have ended up with something worse.The PRC has a Japanese style economic miracle on it’s doorstep juxtaposed with the worst relative poverty across international boundaries anywhere in the world. In this economic experiment we have a representative republic with fairly lax regulation compared to a socialist/totalitarian cult of personality similar to China under Mao or the USSR under Stalin.The people of the two nations are the same ethnicity. They started out before what the US calls the Korean war with more or less the same language and culture. There really isn’t a lot of difference between the two countries except form of government.Perhaps the most amazing thing is there are still idiots in the world that with this example still advocate for socialism!!!!!

  21. North Korea plays this game all of the time when they want some relieve from sanctions. They scam South Korea and America.

  22. North Korea plays this game all of the time when they want some relieve from sanctions. They scam South Korea and America.

  23. North Korea plays this game all of the time when they want some relieve from sanctions. They scam South Korea and America.

  24. North Korea plays this game all of the time when they want some relieve from sanctions. They scam South Korea and America.

  25. Cute. Mexico paying for the wall meant mexico paying for the wall. Mexico is now NOT paying for the wall , which wont be built anyways . so the uberlords are now brainwashing the masses into believing that, err, they did not really MEAN that

  26. Cute. Mexico paying for the wall meant mexico paying for the wall.Mexico is now NOT paying for the wall which wont be built anyways . so the uberlords are now brainwashing the masses into believing that err they did not really MEAN that

  27. I think Mexico paying for the wall was a reference to Mexico paying for it’s own social problems, instead of the US doing so. The costs to the US of educating illegals, imprisoning them, hospitalizing them………. The wall’s cost is pocket change compared to these costs.

  28. I think Mexico paying for the wall was a reference to Mexico paying for it’s own social problems instead of the US doing so. The costs to the US of educating illegals imprisoning them hospitalizing them……….The wall’s cost is pocket change compared to these costs.

  29. It occurred to me recently, that the PRC has spent so much blood, and treasure keeping Korea divided, because it could not endure having a Japanese style miracle on it’s doorstep. It may have ended up with something worse. The PRC has a Japanese style economic miracle on it’s doorstep, juxtaposed with the worst relative poverty across international boundaries anywhere in the world. In this economic experiment we have a representative republic with fairly lax regulation, compared to a socialist/totalitarian cult of personality, similar to China under Mao, or the USSR under Stalin. The people of the two nations are the same ethnicity. They started out before what the US calls the Korean war with more or less the same language, and culture. There really isn’t a lot of difference between the two countries except form of government. Perhaps the most amazing thing is, there are still idiots in the world that with this example, still advocate for socialism!!!!!

  30. It occurred to me recently that the PRC has spent so much blood and treasure keeping Korea divided because it could not endure having a Japanese style miracle on it’s doorstep. It may have ended up with something worse.The PRC has a Japanese style economic miracle on it’s doorstep juxtaposed with the worst relative poverty across international boundaries anywhere in the world. In this economic experiment we have a representative republic with fairly lax regulation compared to a socialist/totalitarian cult of personality similar to China under Mao or the USSR under Stalin.The people of the two nations are the same ethnicity. They started out before what the US calls the Korean war with more or less the same language and culture. There really isn’t a lot of difference between the two countries except form of government.Perhaps the most amazing thing is there are still idiots in the world that with this example still advocate for socialism!!!!!

  31. So the North Korean regime is not giving up their nuclear arsenal, as requested by Trump? Nor Iran is giving up their, as requested by Trump? Nor is Mexico paying for the wall, as requested by Trump? So..

  32. So the North Korean regime is not giving up their nuclear arsenal as requested by Trump? Nor Iran is giving up their as requested by Trump? Nor is Mexico paying for the wall as requested by Trump? So..

  33. The sooner he is out the safer I will feel. He is a f’ing loose, lit and not entirely stable canon; just waiting for the most appalling time to explode.

  34. The sooner he is out the safer I will feel. He is a f’ing loose lit and not entirely stable canon; just waiting for the most appalling time to explode.

  35. I agree and I think it’s just propaganda aimed at a Chinese audience… they don’t care about what Trump thinks as long as they can trade with China.

  36. I agree and I think it’s just propaganda aimed at a Chinese audience… they don’t care about what Trump thinks as long as they can trade with China.

  37. It’s likely that his advisors stole the orders to start a war off his desk… and then he forgot about it… 😉 😉 😉

  38. It’s likely that his advisors stole the orders to start a war off his desk… and then he forgot about it…;-) 😉 😉

  39. Not all inspections are equal… if they were to allow free access to the entire country on demand (like with the scraped Iran nuclear deal) that’s meaningful. However, just few staged events then that’s less than meaningless because it implies they intend to cheat.

  40. Not all inspections are equal… if they were to allow free access to the entire country on demand (like with the scraped Iran nuclear deal) that’s meaningful. However just few staged events then that’s less than meaningless because it implies they intend to cheat.

  41. Cute.
    Mexico paying for the wall meant mexico paying for the wall.
    Mexico is now NOT paying for the wall , which wont be built anyways .
    so the uberlords are now brainwashing the masses into believing that, err, they did not really MEAN that

  42. I think Mexico paying for the wall was a reference to Mexico paying for it’s own social problems, instead of the US doing so. The costs to the US of educating illegals, imprisoning them, hospitalizing them……….
    The wall’s cost is pocket change compared to these costs.

  43. It occurred to me recently, that the PRC has spent so much blood, and treasure keeping Korea divided, because it could not endure having a Japanese style miracle on it’s doorstep. It may have ended up with something worse.
    The PRC has a Japanese style economic miracle on it’s doorstep, juxtaposed with the worst relative poverty across international boundaries anywhere in the world. In this economic experiment we have a representative republic with fairly lax regulation, compared to a socialist/totalitarian cult of personality, similar to China under Mao, or the USSR under Stalin.
    The people of the two nations are the same ethnicity. They started out before what the US calls the Korean war with more or less the same language, and culture. There really isn’t a lot of difference between the two countries except form of government.
    Perhaps the most amazing thing is, there are still idiots in the world that with this example, still advocate for socialism!!!!!

  44. This is huge. Hopefully it works out but even the verbal statement from North Korea that they will allow inspections is a really huge deal.

  45. This is huge. Hopefully it works out but even the verbal statement from North Korea that they will allow inspections is a really huge deal.

  46. But! But Trump! Trump was going to start a nuclear war with North Korea! That’s what the libtards said….not ‘implied’ but outright said…in 2017.

  47. But! But Trump! Trump was going to start a nuclear war with North Korea! That’s what the libtards said….not ‘implied’ but outright said…in 2017.

  48. So the North Korean regime is not giving up their nuclear arsenal, as requested by Trump?
    Nor Iran is giving up their, as requested by Trump?
    Nor is Mexico paying for the wall, as requested by Trump?
    So..

  49. Not all inspections are equal… if they were to allow free access to the entire country on demand (like with the scraped Iran nuclear deal) that’s meaningful. However, just few staged events then that’s less than meaningless because it implies they intend to cheat.

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