South Korea's special delegation set to depart for Pyongyang for pre-summit talks
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President Moon Jae-in's team of special envoys will travel to Pyongyang soon for talks on the upcoming inter-Korean summit... as well as the regime's denuclearization.
The delegation is comprised of the same five officials who visited the North Korean capital in March-- which planted the seed for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's respective summits with President Moon and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Let's speak to our Shin Se-min who's following this one-day trip for us from South Korea's top office.
Semin,... a lot has changed since these officials last traveled to Pyongyang in March,... but we are hoping this trip will be as fruitful as the last....
Well Mark--,... that's the goal.
South Korea's special envoy is leaving with an ambitious agenda to work out the impasse in denuclearizing North Korea.
And that was stated by the special envoy himself-- just yesterday at the top office,.. where he told the press corps that he plans to discuss ways to "completely" denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and establish lasting peace.
Take a look at this.
"As President Moon said before, this is an extremely important time in terms of establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula. Peace in the region and complete denuclearization go hand in hand."
So three major things we can expect today from the envoys-- one settling the specific date and agenda for the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang this month, negotiating ways for a "complete" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and lastly talking about improving relations between the two Koreas by implementing the Panmunjom Declaration.
Chung added he will be carrying a letter from President Moon to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,... but it remains unclear whether he'll speak to Kim himself.
Let me briefly tell you about the day-long trip-- the envoys are to depart by plane at 7:40 AM, so in around 30 minute's time.
We don't have the exact details on WHEN they'll be back as Chung said the details of today's trip will remain under wraps until they land in Pyongyang.
Ok, so we probably won't hear very much from them until they return to Seoul,... hopefully they can get some firm commitments out of the North Koreans. Let's switch our attention to a phone call President Moon had last night....
Yes-- President Moon spoke with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump over the phone for around an hour where they agreed to meet later this month in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The timing is worth considering as it will probably be shortly after President Moon holds his summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
The Blue House also said the two leaders agreed to continue their push for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and for a continued close consultations throughout.
The White House also said cooperation between the two allies was struck-- including the ongoing efforts to achieve the "final, fully verified denuclearization of No
President Moon Jae-in's team of special envoys will travel to Pyongyang soon for talks on the upcoming inter-Korean summit... as well as the regime's denuclearization.
The delegation is comprised of the same five officials who visited the North Korean capital in March-- which planted the seed for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's respective summits with President Moon and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Let's speak to our Shin Se-min who's following this one-day trip for us from South Korea's top office.
Semin,... a lot has changed since these officials last traveled to Pyongyang in March,... but we are hoping this trip will be as fruitful as the last....
Well Mark--,... that's the goal.
South Korea's special envoy is leaving with an ambitious agenda to work out the impasse in denuclearizing North Korea.
And that was stated by the special envoy himself-- just yesterday at the top office,.. where he told the press corps that he plans to discuss ways to "completely" denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and establish lasting peace.
Take a look at this.
"As President Moon said before, this is an extremely important time in terms of establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula. Peace in the region and complete denuclearization go hand in hand."
So three major things we can expect today from the envoys-- one settling the specific date and agenda for the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang this month, negotiating ways for a "complete" denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and lastly talking about improving relations between the two Koreas by implementing the Panmunjom Declaration.
Chung added he will be carrying a letter from President Moon to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,... but it remains unclear whether he'll speak to Kim himself.
Let me briefly tell you about the day-long trip-- the envoys are to depart by plane at 7:40 AM, so in around 30 minute's time.
We don't have the exact details on WHEN they'll be back as Chung said the details of today's trip will remain under wraps until they land in Pyongyang.
Ok, so we probably won't hear very much from them until they return to Seoul,... hopefully they can get some firm commitments out of the North Koreans. Let's switch our attention to a phone call President Moon had last night....
Yes-- President Moon spoke with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump over the phone for around an hour where they agreed to meet later this month in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
The timing is worth considering as it will probably be shortly after President Moon holds his summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
The Blue House also said the two leaders agreed to continue their push for the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and for a continued close consultations throughout.
The White House also said cooperation between the two allies was struck-- including the ongoing efforts to achieve the "final, fully verified denuclearization of No