North Korea: Jimmy Carter wants to talk peace with Kim Jong-un as Trump threatens military force

Jimmy Carter has reportedly said he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a bid to defuse tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes, and bring “permanent peace” to the Korean peninsula.
In an intervention that is likely to irritate Donald Trump, the 93-year-old former president told a South Korean academic that he was willing to travel to the North Korean capital if it meant preventing war.
“Should former president Carter be able to visit…