South Korea sees high chance of US-North Korea summit after March next year, Yonhap says

The NIS believes that Kim Jong Un is willing to engage in dialogue with the United States, an official says

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, Oct 30, 2025. REUTERS

South Korea's spy agency sees a high possibility that North Korea and the United States will hold a summit after joint US-South Korea military drills in March next year, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

"The NIS believes that Kim Jong Un is willing to engage in dialogue with the United States and will have contact with the United States in the future when conditions are met," lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun told reporters, after a parliamentary audit on the National Intelligence Service, according to the report.

North Korean leader Kim has said he would be willing to talk to the US if Washington dropped demands for denuclearisation, but he did not publicly respond when US President Donald Trump offered to hold talks during his visit to South Korea last week.