North Korea's Kim open to US talks, has 'fond memories' of Trump | News Flash

SEOUL, Sept 22, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he has "fond memories" of US President Donald Trump and is open to future talks with the United States -- if he can keep his nukes. Kim met Trump three times for high-profile summits during Trump's first term, before talks collapsed in Hanoi in 2019 over what concessions Pyongyang was prepared to make on its nuclear arsenal. The US demand that Kim give up his banned weapons has long been a sticking point between the two countries, with Pyongyang under successive rafts of UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs. "If the United States discards its delusional obsession with denuclearisation and, based on recognising reality, truly...