Overview

• The White House confirmed President Trump remains open to high-level talks with Kim Jong Un aimed at achieving North Korea’s complete denuclearization.
• Kim Yo Jong declared any attempt to pressure Pyongyang into disarming would be “nothing but a mockery” and warned that such efforts would rule out future summits.
• State media reported that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal has grown substantially since the 2019 DMZ summit and is now deemed irreversible by Pyongyang.
• Kim Yo Jong said that if the U.S. clings to past disarmament demands, any future summit will remain an unfulfilled American “hope.”
• Diplomatic engagement has been stalled since 2020 when negotiations broke down over sanctions relief and disarmament disputes, prompting North Korea to resume weapons testing.