Sung Kim, after discussions with his counterparts from Seoul and Tokyo, says Washington hopes Pyongyang will respond positively to its outreach

Their meeting came days after Kim Jong-un said North Korea was ready for ‘both dialogue and confrontation’

Sung Kim, the US special representative for North Korea – speaking after discussions in Seoul with his South Korean counterpart Noh Kyu-duk and Japan’s nuclear envoy Takehiro Funakoshi – said the Biden administration’s policy called for “a calibrated, practical approach” that included possible diplomacy with Pyongyang.