North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South’s President Moon Jae-in meet again amid shaky US summit plans
Outcome of the two-hour meeting will be announced on Sunday
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday to discuss Kim’s possible upcoming summit with US President Donald Trump, the South said, the second inter-Korean summit in as many months.
The two leaders met just north of the heavily militarised border in the afternoon to exchange views to pave the way for a summit between North Korea and the United States, South Korea’s presidential office said.
Moon will announce the outcome of his two-hour meeting with Kim on Sunday morning, officials said.
A statement from North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said Kim expressed “his fixed will” on the possibility of meeting with Trump as previously planned on June 12.
It also said Kim and Moon agreed to hold high-level talks between their two nations on June 1.
The meeting at the Panmunjom border truce village came hours after South Korea expressed relief over revived talks for a summit between Trump and Kim following a whirlwind 24 hours that saw Trump cancel the highly anticipated meeting before saying it was potentially back on.