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As soon as the US-Korea military training was over, the US signaled that it would talk to North Korea. North Korea is also weighing in on negotiations, which is likely to be held next month rather than this month.

I'm Kim Hye-young.

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He is the special representative of the vegan policy toward North Korea with the chief representative of the US-North Korea nuclear issue at the Seoul Foreign Office.

Immediately after the consultations, the government issued a message to promptly resume working negotiations with North Korea.

[Steven Vegan / Special Representative for North Korea Policy: I am ready to resume working negotiations as soon as I hear from North Korea's counterparts.]

The Korea-US Combined Training, which was the cause of the recent missile launch, ended yesterday (20th), so come to the talk table.

He also denied US media reports that he would be a Russian ambassador, stressing his willingness to focus on North American negotiations.

Secretary of State Pompeii called for resumption of dialogue in Washington.

[Secretary of State Pompeio / US: We hope that Kim Jong Un will come to the negotiation table for better results.]

However, North Korea continued to criticize the United States in its labor newspaper today, saying the cause of the worsening situation on the Korean peninsula lies in the United States.

However, it indicated that the negotiations are being weighed by a consistent stance on improving relations with North America through dialogue.

North America is now known to communicate with the New York channel.

Officials say North Korea talks are likely to move to the beginning of next month, given that there is a Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea.

(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, Video editing: Jung Sung-hoon, CG: Jang Sung-bum)