Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un likely to meet in Singapore for historic talks in June
Two sides have chosen the city state as a third-party host, according to South Korean media reports citing unnamed sources
The US and North Korean leaders are likely to meet in Singapore in mid-June, according to South Korean media reports, as tensions ease on the Korean peninsula following the first inter-Korean summit in over a decade.
US President Donald Trump had floated the idea of holding the historic talks in the deeply symbolic setting of the demilitarised zone along the border between North and South Korea, but the two sides have instead chosen city state Singapore as a third-party host, unnamed sources told both the Chosun newspaper and Yonhap news agency.
This would push back the proposed date of the summit from late May to the third week of June, partially to wait until after the G7 summit – a bloc that includes both Japan and the US – in Canada on June 8 and 9, according to the reports. But given Trump’s unpredictability, there is still the possibility that he could change course and decide he would prefer to meet in Panmunjom village in the DMZ.
Trump himself confirmed on Friday that the time and place for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had been settled, without providing further details.