US nuclear envoy Joseph Yun (L), next to South Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Hong-Kyun (C) and Japan's nuclear envoy Kenji Kanasugi (R), speaks during a press conference in Seoul on December 13, 2016.
Senior US, Japanese and South Korean officials with special responsibility for the North Korean nuclear issue held talks on December 13, at a time of political flux and policy uncertainty in Washington and Seoul. / AFP / Ed JONES /  (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)