The envoy said Kim was willing to hold frank denuclearization talks with the US.

No need for nuclear weapons if we have security guarantee: North Korea

The news was confirmed by South Korea's presidential office

South, North Korea to hold summit in April: Seoul

Kim Yo Jong had invited South Korean president Moon Jae-in to North Korea even as its close ally the US kept itself away from Kim's sister.

In new peace initiative after Winter Olympics, South Korean officials leave for North Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will send a team of special envoys -- including Seoul's spy chief -- to the North on Monday to push for talks between Washington and Pyongyang on nuclear weapons

South Korea to send envoys to North on Monday

The United States is due to start joint exercises in early April, a South Korean presidential security adviser said this week according to Yonhap news agency - the latest in a series of drills that the north has regularly described as a threat

North Korea threatens US against joint military exercises with South Korea

The two presidents also 'agreed to maintain the momentum in inter-Korean dialogue and to continue efforts so it leads to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula'

Will send special envoy to North Korea: South Korea to Trump

Kyung-wha kept his views in front of the Conference on Disarmament at the UN in Geneva

Sanctions do not aim to bring down North Korea, says South Korea

Park Geun-hye is standing trial on charges of bribery, abuse of power and coercion

South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-Hye

The closing ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games took place in Pyeongchang on Sunday

Watch: Pyeongchang Winter Olympics ends with fireworks; Norway, Germany finish on top

The North Korean delegation, in Pyeongchang for the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, met at an undisclosed location with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and expressed a willingness to meet with the United States, Moon`s office said in a statement

White House: Talks with North Korea must lead to ending of nuclear program

Despite the divisions and distrust between the two Koreas, they agreed to have their athletes march together at both the opening and closing ceremonies under a banner of unification

South Korea brings curtain down on 'Peace Games'

North should allow peace to take root on the divided peninsula, said South Korea

South Korea urges North to abandon nuclear weapons, allow family visits

Earlier, North Korea cancelled a scheduled meeting with US VP Mike Pence

North Korea willing to hold talks with US, says Seoul

Ivanka Trump has arrived in Seoul, South Korea to attend the closing ceremony of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Watch: Ivanka Trump attends curling final to cheer team USA

Washington has been talking to regional partners, including Japan, South Korea, Australia and Singapore, about coordinating a stepped-up crackdown

US and its allies prepare high-seas crackdown on North Korea sanctions evaders: Sources

Norway, a country with a population of five million, is beating nations with comparatively high population and more sound infrastructure and facilities

Winter Olympics: Norway leads medal tally with 36 medals

US Vice President Mike Pence had hinted at such a plan two weeks ago

Trump to announce new sanctions against North Korea; South Korea preps for talks with North

The president's decision comes even as his daughter Ivanka is in South Korea for the Winter Olympics.

Trump unveils 'largest-ever' sanctions against North Korea, targets fuel & shipping

Hungary makes history, storm to first Winter Games gold with victory in short track skating men's 5,000 metres relay

Hungary marks presence at Winter Olympics with shining gold

A country with a questionable stance on LGBTI+ rights is again hosting the Winter Olympics.

Opinion: Not much development in LGBTI+ rights for sports

A top Pyongyang sports official said North Korea could co-host the 2021 Winter Asian Games with the South

Two Koreas 'could co-host winter Asiad', says sports official

Seoul and Washington had agreed to postpone the regular joint military exercise until after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics being hosted in South Korea, which ends on March 18

South Korea to announce joint military drill plan with US before April

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement that the accused player had been ordered to leave after testing positive for the banned drug fenoterol

Third doping case at winter games as Slovenian hockey player fails drug test

Germany equalled Switzerland's Olympic record of five golds in the event

Bobsleigh: Canada, Germany in golden dead-heat

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