BBC: Pyongyang ‘ready to discuss’ nuclear program with US

(FILES) In this file undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 17, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) is shown visiting the newly-renovated Pyongyang Teachers' University in Pyongyang.Kim Jong Un has been accused of executing generals, murdering relatives, presiding over global criminal operations and has threatened the United States with nuclear armageddon.But a string of surprising diplomatic openings -- including the stunning offer on March 8, 2018 to meet US President Donald Trump -- has only deepened the enigma surrounding the North Korean leader. At a lengthy dinner he hosted for South Korean officials on Marh 5, 2018, the man once dismissed by the West as irrational and paranoid presented himself as gracious and confident. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / - / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSTHIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /