North Korea has said relations between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump are “not bad”, signalling potential willingness to enter into talks with the new US administration for the first time.
Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong, a senior regime official, said a resumption of dialogue with Washington was possible, adding that the “personal relationship between our head of state and the present US president is not bad”, North Korean state media reported on Tuesday.
But she insisted any US attempt to persuade her country to give up its nuclear weapons would be regarded as “nothing but a mockery”, highlighting North Korea’s growing military strength and closer ties with Russia.