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South Korean Intelligence Sees Signs of U.S.-North Korea Dialogue, Says Summit Could Happen ‘At Any Time’
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South Korean Intelligence Sees Signs of U.S.-North Korea Dialogue, Says Summit Could Happen ‘At Any Time’

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that a U.S.-North Korea summit should be considered possible at any time, although no concrete contact has been confirmed.
  • The assessment follows recent signals from Donald Trump about resuming dialogue with Kim Jong-un, including a call to reduce joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
  • The NIS also said Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, had entered the formal succession-designation stage.

South Korea’s intelligence service says a summit between the United States and North Korea could take place “at any time,” while acknowledging that it has not confirmed direct contact between the two sides.

As for a U.S.-North Korea summit, our analysis is that it should be considered possible at any time.

— Youn Kun-youngThe South Korean governing-party lawmaker relayed the intelligence service’s assessment to reporters.

Lawmakers Youn Kun-young of the governing Democratic Party and Yoo Yeong-ha of the opposition People Power Party relayed the assessment after a briefing by the National Intelligence Service. Youn said the NIS had detected signals of dialogue, but no concrete exchange had been confirmed.

The NIS said that no concrete contact between North Korea and the United States has been confirmed, but there are signals of dialogue.

— Youn Kun-youngYoun clarified the limits of the intelligence service’s assessment.

The assessment follows several recent signals from U.S. President Donald Trump. On Aug. 15, Trump posted a photograph from his 2019 meeting with Kim Jong-un and said the two men “get along very well.” Days later, he called for a reduction in joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and said Kim had responded “very positively” to recent messages from Washington.

Get along very well.

— Donald TrumpTrump used the phrase in an Aug. 15 post about his 2019 meeting with Kim Jong-un.

The NIS also told lawmakers that Kim’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, had effectively entered the stage of being designated as her father’s successor. Youn said her frequent appearances in state media could serve to establish her image among North Koreans as a future leader. The intelligence service first reached that conclusion in a February briefing, citing her repeated presence at official state events and indications that she had begun taking part in some political decisions.

Very positively.

— Donald TrumpTrump used the phrase to describe Kim Jong-un’s response to recent messages from Washington.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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