North Korean authorities ready to take another big step towards improving relations with the US. They are going to let American observers into the holy of holies: give them key information about the national nuclear program. This is reported by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" referring to the South Korean press. "North Korea intends to transfer a list of secret test sites for testing nuclear weapons, as well as information on created nuclear warheads. This will be done during a visit to Pyongyang by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is expected to arrive in the DPRK this month, "an unnamed informed source told South Korean journalists. There is a possibility that the head of US diplomacy will meet with the head of North Korea Kim Jong-Eun. In the course of this conversation, it is quite possible that the conditions and details of the DPRK's renunciation of nuclear weapons will be discussed. Pompeo undertakes a second attempt to personally talk with the head of the DPRK. During the previous visit of the head of the State Department to the country, Kim did not wish to meet with him. Many this has plunged into pessimism about the prospects for the US-North Korean talks. Skeptics from the United States said that Pyongyang does not want to put up with it, but simply leads the Americans by the nose, drags out time and lulls their vigilance. If the Pompeo talks with Kim are still taking place, this will be a huge breakthrough in the dialogue on North Korean nuclear disarmament.

Of course, one can not exclude that under the guise of important nuclear secrets Pyongyang will give Americans little information. But in this situation, much more important is North Korea's step towards openness than the immediate content of documents. The leader of the DPRK wants to secure a guarantee that the US will not return to measures of harsh pressure on the country. Pyongyang, in particular, insists on the immediate formal cessation of the Korean War as the first step to guarantee its security. The gesture of goodwill on the part of the northerners can be the reason for the softening of US sanctions against the DPRK. The same is achieved by South Korean President Mun Zhe Ying, for whom the development of relations with the North is one of the political priorities. Seoul is even considering the resumption of the work of a general-purpose technopark closed in 2016.

The authorities of the Republic of Korea say that its activities do not violate the requirements of the United Nations, and therefore the two parts of the peninsula can resume joint work. What is the state of the DPRK's nuclear program now, is difficult to say. On the one hand, Pyongyang has eliminated the nuclear and largest missile ranges, and also announced the termination of tests of missiles and nuclear bombs.

On the other hand, the country's authorities are rumored to continue to secretly implement the nuclear program. The IAEA recently released a report saying that North Korea has done nothing in terms of denuclearization.