North Korea has offered to enter negotiations and halt nuclear and missile tests, South Korea’s national security director said in Washington after meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday. Chung Eui-yong provided Trump with a direct message from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offering face-to-face talks with the US president. Trump is willing to meet with Kim by May, Chung said. Read more: Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting: How the world reacted North Korea: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s nuclear saga January 2, 2017: Missile test imminent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s address that his country was in the “final stages” of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). US President-elect Donald Trump, whose inauguration was set for January 20, said on Twitter: “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US. It won’t happen!” North Korea: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s nuclear saga July 4, 2017: North Korea’s ‘gift packages’ North Korea tested its first ICBM — the Hwasong-14 — on US Independence Day. Kim reportedly told his scientists that “the US would…