As Kim Jong-un, the chairman of North Korea's State Affairs Commission, hinted at the possibility of dialogue with the United States, the White House said on the 26th (local time), "President Donald Trump is willing to talk with Kim Jong-un with no preconditions."
According to The Chosun Ilbo, a White House official said, "During his first term, President Trump held three historic summits with Kim Jong-un and stabilized the Korean Peninsula," and stated accordingly.
The White House, however, said its existing position that it "seeks the complete denuclearization of DPRK," remains unchanged, saying, "The U.S. policy toward North Korea has not changed."
In the Workers' Party's 9th dialogue project review report, Kim Jong-un said, "If the United States respects the current status of our state as stipulated in the Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and withdraws its hostile policy toward North Korea, we have no reason not to get along with the United States." The point is that if the United States recognizes their status as a nuclear-armed state, they could seek to improve relations.
President Trump visited Korea in Oct. last year to attend the APEC meeting in Gyeongju and signaled a willingness to make contact with North Korea, but a summit did not materialize. In diplomatic circles, there is a view that President Trump could talk with Kim Jong-un on the occasion of his visit to China in March, but Korean authorities understand there are currently no signs of prior contact between the United States and North Korea.