DPRK leader Kim Jong Un during the inter-Korean summit on Friday expressed his willingness to hold dialogue with Japan “at any time,” the ROK presidential office reported on Sunday.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a 45-minute phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 1000 KST to brief him on the results of the North-South Korea summit.

Moon on Friday told Kim Jong Un that Abe “has the intention to talk with North Korea,” South Korean presidential spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom said at a news briefing following the phone call.

“[Moon] especially told Abe that he delivered [Japan’s] hopes for