North Korea, US Say Nuclear Talks to Resume This Weekend

North Korea, US Say Nuclear Talks to Resume This Weekend

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump talk in the garden of the Metropole hotel during the second North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on Feb. 28, 2019. Leah Millis/Reuters

SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea and the United States have agreed to resume nuclear negotiations this weekend following a months-long stalemate over the withdrawal of sanctions in exchange for disarmament, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Oct. 1.

Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s first vice minister of foreign affairs, said the two nations will have preliminary contact on Friday before holding working-level talks on Saturday.