The U S and South Korea have agreed on terms for further diplomatic engagement with North Korea. According to Vice President Mike Pence, this could potentially lead to direct talks with Washington without pre-conditions. <br/><br/>Speaking to the Washington Post aboard Air Force Two while returning from the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Mr Pence said, the Trump administration would keep up its maximum pressure campaign against Pyongyang but would be open to possible talks at the same time. <br/><br/>The prospect of talks comes after months of tension between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington over North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons, with US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un trading insults and threats amid tightening sanctions from the United Nations.<br/>U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today that it is too early to judge whether latest developments represented the start of a diplomatic process

The U.S. and South Korea have agreed on terms for further diplomatic engagement with North Korea. According to Vice President Mike Pence, this could potentially lead to direct talks with Washington without pre-conditions. <br/><br/>Speaking to the Washington Post aboard Air Force Two while returning from the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Mr Pence said, the Trump administration would keep up its maximum pressure campaign against Pyongyang but would be open to possible talks at the same time. <br/><br/>The prospect of talks comes after months of tension between Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington over North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons, with US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un trading insults and threats amid tightening sanctions from the United Nations.<br/>U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today that it is too early to judge whether latest developments represented the start of a diplomatic process