US remains open to dialogue with N. Korea 'without preconditions': Washington

The Department of State reiterated Monday that the United States remains open to talks with North Korea "without preconditions," a day after President Donald Trump said he has ordered the Pentagon to reduce South Korea-US military exercises in what appears to be a conciliatory gesture toward Pyongyang. "President Trump has made clear, the United States remains open to dialogue with North Korea without preconditions," a spokesperson at the department said. The spokesperson was responding to Yonha