Pyongyang 13 May (ANA) - North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US "if the conditions were right", South Korean media reports. A senior North Korean diplomat said dialogue with the Trump administration was possible following a meeting with ex-US government officials in Norway. Earlier this month US President Donald Trump said he would be "honoured" to meet Kim Jong-un. The comments follow months of rising tensions over North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programme. Choe Son-hui, an official in the North Korean foreign ministry responsible for North American affairs, told reporters in Beijing that bilateral talks between Pyongyang and Washington would be considered.(ANA)

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