North Korea's Kim breaks silence on talks with U.S.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first direct acknowledgment of the prospect of talks with the U.S., addressing the issue at a meeting of the ruling party's Politburo, state-run media reported Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump agreed last month to a landmark summit with the nuclear-armed North but with no specific dates or venue set, there have been questions over Pyongyang's intention to participate.

Tuesday's dispatch, published by the North's official Korean Central News Agency, said that Kim had "made a report on the development of the recent situation on the Korean peninsula" during the meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea's Politburo on Monday.