After the White House said it is open to talks with North Korea without any preconditions, inter-Korean economic cooperation stocks were broadly higher early on the 27th.
As of 10:19 a.m. that day, Codes Combine was trading at 5,690 won, up 700 won (14.03%) from the previous session.
Other stocks grouped as inter-Korean economic cooperation plays, including Good People (8.96%), Ananti (5.73%), Ilshin Stone (3.32%), and J.ESTINA (2.65%), were also rising.
A White House official, referring to Kim Jong-un's remarks about a "conditional intention to improve North Korea–U.S. relations," said, "President Donald Trump held three historic summits with Kim Jong-un during his first term and stabilized the Korean Peninsula," adding, "the president is still willing to talk without any preconditions."
Earlier, Kim Jong-un, in the report on the 9th dialogue project summary of the Workers' Party, said, "If they respect our state's current status (a nuclear-armed state) and withdraw the hostile policy toward North Korea, we also have no reason not to get along well with the United States."
Accordingly, expectations have grown that communication between the North Korean and U.S. leaders could take place on the occasion of President Trump's visit to China in Mar.–Apr.