Earlier headline is here: North Korea prepared to discus denuclearisation
Via the Wall Street Journal now, citing US officials -
- "The U.S. has confirmed that Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula"
- U.S. officials didn't say when and how that assurance was delivered,
- The North Korean assurance doesn't mean that talks will necessarily succeed. Pyongyang has indicated that progress toward denuclearization should proceed in phases that are synchronized with diplomatic and economic concessions from the U.S. side.
Yeah ... talks are not agreements. Still, better than not talking.
USD/JPY around 106.94, up a few tics in this very, very thin liquidity time of the week. At the time of the news hitting (see link above) earlier it was around 106.84.
