"Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not - we will see!" Trump said on his Twitter account, referring to Kim's proposal for a high level meeting tied to the upcoming Winter Olympics in the South.
South Korea responded to Kim's overture, delivered in a New Year's Day speech on Monday, by proposing talks on January 9 at Panmunjon, the truce village on the border between the two Koreas.
North Korea's race to build an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States with a nuclear warhead has prompted stepped up UN sanctions on Pyongyang -- and raised fears of a nuclear conflict.
"Sanctions and 'other' pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea," Trump said, citing recent defections by North Korean soldiers and Kim's overture.
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
![The Senate leadership dissociated itself from this action [Difference Between]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "The Senate leadership dissociated itself from this action [Difference Between]")
