South Korea Tells U.S. It Will Send Envoy to North Korea

South Korea Tells U.S. It Will Send Envoy to North Korea
By CHOE SANG-HUNMARCH 1, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — President Moon Jae-in of South Korea told President Trump on Thursday
that he planned to send a special envoy to North Korea as part of his effort to broker talks between the United States and the North on ending its nuclear weapons program.
"To that end, President Moon notified President Trump
that his government will soon send a special envoy to the North to confirm the discussions it has held with the high-level North Korean delegates." By sending a special envoy to North Korea, Mr.
Moon is eager to use the diplomatic opening created by the Olympics
and the visits of the North Korean envoys to help arrange for the United States and North Korea to sit down for talks, as well as to improve inter-Korean relations.
Moon has said that if North Korea announced a freeze in its nuclear
and missile tests, it would help start talks between the North and the United States.
Moon has urged the United States and North Korea to soften their uncompromising stances so
that talks could start on defusing the crisis, which appeared to push the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war in the past year.
But even if North Korea agrees to such a freeze, it is widely expected to demand
that the United States reciprocate, perhaps by suspending its annual joint military exercises with South Korea, analysts said.