Trump says Kim replied after US cut back drills with South Korea
What's new: Trump gave no details on the response, as stalled nuclear talks remain frozen since the 2019 breakdown.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had responded to his outreach after Trump directed the Pentagon to sharply reduce joint military exercises with South Korea. Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, did not describe the response or say when it was sent. He linked the move on drills to cost concerns and to Seoul's refusal to join US actions against Iran. Trump and Kim met at summits in 2018 and 2019, but negotiations later collapsed over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. North Korea remains under heavy international sanctions tied to its nuclear arsenal and ballistic missile development.