TALKING WITH KIM: A 10-member South Korean delegation had dinner today in Pyongyang with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Korea is 14 hours ahead of Washington.) The talks come as North Korea is insisting it has no intention of giving up its nuclear program. The delegation is led by a top national security adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The special envoy Chung Eui-yong said before his departure Monday that he’ll relay Moon’s hopes for North Korean nuclear disarmament and a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula, according to the AP. “I plan to hold in-depth discussions on various ways to continue talks between not only the South and the North, but also the North and the United States and the international community,” said Chung, according to the South Korea Yonhap News Agency.

GOING FOR THE JOCULAR: President Trump said he’s not opposed to talking to Kim, under the right conditions, and he worked a joke about the prospect of direct talks with Pyongyang into his comedy shtick at the Gridiron dinner in Washington Saturday night. “I won’t rule out direct talks with Kim Jong Un. I just won’t,” he said before delivering the punch line. “As far as the risk of dealing with a madman is concerned, that’s his problem, not mine.”