North Korea Willing to Halt Nuclear Tests During Denuclearization Talks With US, Says South

North Korea Willing to Halt Nuclear Tests During Denuclearization Talks With US, Says South
This photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on Dec. 23, 2017, and released the next day shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the 5th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea Cell Chairpersons.AFP/Getty Images via KCNA
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SEOUL—North Korea is willing to hold talks with the United States on denuclearization and will suspend nuclear tests while those talks are under way, the South said on Tuesday after a delegation returned from the North where it met leader Kim Jong Un.

North and South Korea will also hold their first summit in more than a decade next month at the border village of Panmunjom, the head of the delegation, Chung Eui-yong, told a media briefing.