South Korea Tells U.S. It Will Send Envoy to North Korea<br />By CHOE SANG-HUNMARCH 1, 2018<br />SEOUL, South Korea — President Moon Jae-in of South Korea told President Trump on Thursday<br />that he planned to send a special envoy to North Korea as part of his effort to broker talks between the United States and the North on ending its nuclear weapons program.<br />"To that end, President Moon notified President Trump<br />that his government will soon send a special envoy to the North to confirm the discussions it has held with the high-level North Korean delegates." By sending a special envoy to North Korea, Mr.<br />Moon is eager to use the diplomatic opening created by the Olympics<br />and the visits of the North Korean envoys to help arrange for the United States and North Korea to sit down for talks, as well as to improve inter-Korean relations.<br />Moon has said that if North Korea announced a freeze in its nuclear<br />and missile tests, it would help start talks between the North and the United States.<br />Moon has urged the United States and North Korea to soften their uncompromising stances so<br />that talks could start on defusing the crisis, which appeared to push the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war in the past year.<br />But even if North Korea agrees to such a freeze, it is widely expected to demand<br />that the United States reciprocate, perhaps by suspending its annual joint military exercises with South Korea, analysts said.
