SEOUL, Sept. 22 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to future talks with the United States if Washington drops its demand that the country give up its nuclear weapons, state media said today.

Kim also said he had "fond memories" of US President Donald Trump, who he met three times for high-profile summits during Trump's first term, before talks collapsed in Hanoi in 2019 over what concessions Pyongyang was prepared to make.

"If the United States discards its delusional obsession with denuclearisation and, based on recognising reality, truly wishes for peaceful coexistence with us, then there is no reason we cannot meet it," Kim said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

The demand that Kim give up his n...