North Korea's official news agency KCNA out with a statement 15 Aug

  • now is not the right time given the state of relations between the two countries

Reuters reporting KCNA citing foreign ministry officials and comes in response to US claims at the week-end that it had been engaged in diplomatic talks with NK for several months with regard to the issue of 3 US citizens detained there, accused of various offences.

Concerns over the latest NK-Trump rhetoric may be receding but not going away anytime soon.

Meanwhile though USDJPY has broken up through 110.30 to post 110.43. Next tranche of offers/res into 110.50 with larger at 110.80

US-NK tensions not going away anytime soon