[Source/Observer Network Qi Qian] According to a Reuters report, on June 11 local time, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said that US President Trump welcomes communication with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. During his first term, Trump maintained a friendly relationship with Kim Jong Un.

Levitt told reporters: "The president remains willing to accept correspondence with Kim Jong Un."

The report said that Levitt made the above statement in response to questions about a certain report.

Earlier on the same day, NK News, an English-language media based in Seoul focusing on North Korean news, reported that North Korean diplomats in the United States had repeatedly refused to receive personal letters from Trump to Kim Jong Un.

The media cited a high-level anonymous source as saying that Trump personally drafted the letter draft to restart dialogue with North Korea. The U.S. side has attempted multiple times to deliver the letter to North Korea, but it was rejected by North Korean diplomats at the North Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

NK News also reported that another senior U.S. government official said there was no knowledge of any direct U.S. attempt to contact North Korea. However, this official noted that given North Korea's lack of response to previous attempts at dialogue, it was not surprising that they refused to accept the personal letter.

During Trump's first term, he held talks with Kim Jong Un. Video screenshot.

According to reports, during Trump's first term, the two leaders held three dialogues and exchanged multiple letters that Trump called "beautiful." In June 2019, Trump briefly entered North Korea from the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.

Reuters mentioned that after the election of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, both sides made attempts at reconciliation. Lee Jae-myung promised to restart dialogue with North Korea. On the afternoon of the 11th, the South Korean military stopped loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea according to Lee Jae-myung's instructions to send goodwill. Yonhap News Agency reported that North Korea did not conduct noise broadcasts toward South Korea on the 12th, seemingly responding to the South Korean military's cessation of broadcasts.

Yonhap News Agency analysis pointed out that it is noteworthy that the White House did not deny that the leaders of the two countries are attempting contact. Therefore, there is sufficient reason to believe that Trump intends to adopt a "top-down" diplomatic approach with North Korea through direct dialogue with Kim Jong Un.

The report said that since returning to the White House in January, Trump has tried to demonstrate diplomatic strength by addressing a series of international challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Gaza conflict, and the Iran nuclear issue, but progress has been extremely limited. The latest White House statement can be seen as a sign that Trump is有意 resuming dialogue with North Korea.

It is worth noting that since taking office in his second term, Trump has used the term "nuclear power" to refer to North Korea. Some analysts believe that this indicates acknowledgment of North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons, aiming to induce North Korea to return to dialogue with the United States.

As for why North Korea refused to accept Trump's personal letter, some South Korean experts told Yonhap News Agency that at the second North Korea-U.S. summit in 2019, North Korea hoped the U.S. would lift sanctions, but it ended in "no agreement," which may still be a "trauma" for Kim Jong Un. Moreover, North Korea realized that Russia would not want them to improve relations with the U.S. while the Russia-Ukraine conflict is ongoing.

According to KCNA reports, on June 11, Kim Jong Un sent congratulations to Russian President Putin on the upcoming Russia Day (June 12). Ambassador Shen Hongzhe of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Russia conveyed Kim Jong Un's message to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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