Talks between the United States and North Korea have an equal chance of taking place around the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit scheduled November in China, according to a lawmaker Wednesday, citing an assessment from South Korea’s intelligence agency.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) believes “there is roughly a 50% chance of talks” around the APEC summit and North Korea “appears unwilling to miss this opportunity” with the U.S., People Power Party lawmaker Yoo Yeong-ha told news reporters Wednesday, following a National Assembly Intelligence Committee meeting with the NIS the same day.

The NIS also obtained intelligence indicating that DPRK