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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Rex Tillerson Says the U.S. Wants Dialogue With North Korea at 'Some Point' [Watch (HLS stream): Rex Tillerson Says the U.S. Wants Dialogue With North Korea at 'Some Point'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bwn0yPF6.m3u8) (1:03)  _Published 2017-08-02. The U.S. does not seek to topple the North Korean government and would like dialogue with Pyongyang at some point, but only on the understanding that it can never be a nuclear power, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday._ --- Jul 27, 2023 10:22 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) ['Let's Just Meet.' Rex Tillerson Says the U.S. is Open to North Korea Talks Without Preconditions](/video/CQg8yNOJ/) ### 'Let's Just Meet.' 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And we hope that in some point, they will begin to understand that and that we would like to sit and have a dialog with them about the future. So we felt the appropriate thing to do first was to seek Peaceful pressure on the regime of North Korea to have them developed a willingness to sit and talk with us and others. 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