{"id":2468370,"date":"2025-07-29T17:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-opens-door-to-talks-with-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:33:27","slug":"north-korea-opens-door-to-talks-with-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-opens-door-to-talks-with-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea opens door to talks with Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-opens-door-to-talks-with-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korea has recently indicated a willingness to engage in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, but it has firmly ruled out discussions on denuclearization. Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, acknowledged that while the personal relationship between the two leaders is not bad, the geopolitical environment has changed substantially since their last meetings. She stated that pursuing denuclearization talks now would be considered a &#8220;mockery,&#8221; suggesting that the U.S. should seek choice ways of communication.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2019, North Korea has significantly expanded its nuclear arsenal, reportedly doubling its number of warheads to about 50, with enough material for many more, and has conducted over 100 ballistic missile launches, including intercontinental missiles. In 2022, Kim Jong Un declared that North Korea would never denuclearize and adopted a more aggressive nuclear doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>moreover,north Korea&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-navy-day-putin-calls-united-states-the-greatest-threat-to-russia\/\" title=\"On Navy Day, Putin Calls United States the Greatest Threat to Russia\">geopolitical position<\/a> has strengthened,notably through a new alliance with Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. This partnership has boosted North Korea&#8217;s diplomatic and military standing, providing it with substantial support and enhancing its leverage in relations with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has commented briefly on North Korea&#8217;s progress during his second term,Pyongyang continues to criticize the U.S. government but has refrained from personal attacks against Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">North Korea opens door to talks with Trump but leaves denuclearization off table<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2179464\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After months of silence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"North Korea\">North Korea<\/a> finally opened up about talks with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, leaving open the door for positive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483604\/north-korea-rejects-south-korean-efforts-to-ease-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"dialogue\">dialogue<\/a> but warning against any talks of denuclearization.<\/p>\n<p>Among Trump&rsquo;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >notable foreign policy moves<\/a> of his first administration was warming relations with North Korea, opening up talks with the country, and famously meeting with North Korean leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kim-jong-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kim Jong Un\">Kim Jong Un<\/a> at the 38th Parallel and elsewhere. Upon Trump&rsquo;s return to office, however, neither leader has spoken at length on restoring relations, distracted by events elsewhere. Pyongyang opened up for the first time on Tuesday, with the leader&rsquo;s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, signaling the possibility for talks outside of denuclearization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3484990\/mike-huckabee-french-recognition-palestinian-state-nazi-victory-wwii\/\">Huckabee likens French recognition of Palestinian state to giving Nazis victory after WWII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3484838\/china-ceo-monk-shi-yongxin-removed-shaolin-monastery-illicit-relations-embezzlement\/\">China&#8217;s &#8216;CEO monk&#8217; removed from Shaolin Monastery over alleged illicit relations, embezzlement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3485037\/uk-recognize-palestinian-state-israel-end-gaza-conflict\/\">UK will recognize Palestinian state if Israel does not take steps to end Gaza conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">North Korean youth and students dance during an evening gala with a firework display to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jon Chol Jin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I do not want to deny the fact that the personal relationship between the head of our state and the present U.S. president is not bad,&rdquo; she said in comments published by state media.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kim Yo Jong noted that circumstances had changed, and efforts to pursue denuclearization talks would be viewed as a &ldquo;mockery.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the U.S. fails to accept the changed reality and persists in the failed past, the [Democratic People&rsquo;s Republic of Korea]- U.S. meeting will remain as a &lsquo;hope&rsquo; of the U.S. side,&rdquo; she said, adding that it would be &ldquo;advisable to seek another way of contact.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is worth taking into account the fact that the year 2025 is neither 2018 nor 2019,&rdquo; Kim Yo Jong continued, adding that North Korea&rsquo;s &ldquo;capabilities and geopolitical environment have radically changed&#8203;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The leader&rsquo;s sister is correct in this regard; Pyongyang has drastically expanded its nuclear arsenal and geopolitical standing in the six years since the last summit with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to available information, Pyongyang&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-china-blitzed-passed-u-s-estimates-for-nuclear-buildup-could-have-1000-warheads-by-2030\/\" title=\"Pentagon: China Blitzed Passed U.S. Estimates For Nuclear Buildup, Could Have 1,000 ...heads By 2030\">nuclear arsenal appears<\/a> to have roughly doubled since 2019, with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/YB24%2007%20WNF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"estimating\">estimating<\/a> that it has about 50 assembled nuclear warheads, with fissile material to assemble another 90. It has also been aggressively testing delivery methods since 2022, launching over 100 ballistic missiles, including 13 intercontinental ones.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 9, 2022, Kim Jong Un announced in a speech to North Korea&rsquo;s Supreme People&rsquo;s Assembly that Pyongyang would never again entertain denuclearization talks, and &ldquo;would never&rdquo; give up its nuclear weapons. The day before, he signed into law an aggressive new nuclear doctrine, calling for the use of the country&rsquo;s nuclear arsenal if its command and control system were ever threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from nuclear development, North Korea&rsquo;s geopolitical environment has indeed &ldquo;radically changed.&rdquo; In 2019, North Korea remained without major allies besides lukewarm relations with China. In 2025, the war in Ukraine allowed North Korea to enact a close and fruitful alliance with Russia, which has opened the country up in exchange for extensive military support for the war. Thousands of North Korean soldiers fought successfully to expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk beginning in November 2024, something only openly acknowledged by the two earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang is now guaranteed substantial diplomatic and economic backing from Russia, giving it a stronger negotiating position vis-&agrave;-vis the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3483604\/north-korea-rejects-south-korean-efforts-to-ease-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NORTH KOREA REJECTS SOUTH KOREAN EFFORTS TO EASE GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS\">NORTH KOREA REJECTS SOUTH KOREAN EFFORTS TO EASE GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has only commented briefly on North Korea during his second term, commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Korean War on Monday by saying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/07\/presidential-message-on-national-korean-war-veterans-armistice-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a> that he was &ldquo;proud to become the first sitting President to cross this Demilitarized Zone into North Korea.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has continued its denunciations of the U.S. but notably hasn&rsquo;t attacked Trump personally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2179464\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2179464\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea signals talks with Trump, excludes denuclearization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2468371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/North-Korea-celebration.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50282,32109,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2468370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomatic-talks","tag-north-korea","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/North-Korea-celebration.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468374,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468370\/revisions\/2468374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}