Rival Korea leaders to hold summit in Pyongyang in September
The meeting would be the third between Moon and Kim this year, and the first trip by a South Korean leader to the North Korean capital since 2007
The leaders of North and South Korea will hold a summit in September, the governments announced on Monday, as their peace process moves steadily forward despite signs of a growing impasse between Washington and Pyongyang.
The summit will take place in Pyongyang. It will be the third between South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-un this year and only the third time that a South Korean leader has travelled to the North Korean capital for such a meeting.
The Trump administration appears have run into slightly rougher waters in its attempts to convince North Korea to denuclearise, but in Korea the two sides appear to be making more progress in their gradual rapprochement – even if the issue of North Korea’s denuclearisation remains far from clear.
The announcement came after North and South Korean government officials held talks on the northern side of the border village of Panmunjom.
In remarks before the talks, Ri Son-gwon, leader of the North Korean delegation and chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, said he hoped the summit would help give “concrete answers” to the problems people are facing.