(CNN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has held out a rare olive branch to the country's southern neighbor, offering talks over sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month. Kim's comments on South Korea surprised analysts, who described them as the most significant part of his speech. "But an olive branch is always wrapped in some sort of belligerent coating in North Korea, it doesn't mean the end of the nuclear program ... Joint military exercisesIn early December, the US carried out another round of military exercises with South Korea, involving the largest concentration of fifth-generation F-22s and F-35s fighter jets ever assembled in South Korea. JUST WATCHED US and South Korea hold joint training drills Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH US and South Korea hold joint training drills 01:46The war games included attacks against a mock North Korean missile launch site with mock North Korean radars.

Source: CNN January 01, 2018 01:07 UTC