S. Korea-U.S. summit to focus on DMZ meet-up with N. Korea's Kim Jong-un
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Moon-Trump summit is scheduled at the top office this morning, with many wanting to know if there will be more summit meetings involving the North Korean leader
For more on the latest and the general atmosphere we go live to our presidential correspondent standing by for us.
Se-min we still don't know if there'll be a summit with Kim Jong-un. Gas there been any development on that front yet?
Not really.
The latest we heard from the top office was from the chief presidential press secretary late last night after the dinner the two presidents Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump had last night.
The presidential secretary said that the leaders had a mutual understanding that meeting with Kim Jong-un will be a good thing.
But still,... there has not been a yes or no.
This is the press secretary last night.
"There is no final confirmation of a meeting with Chairman Kim Jong-un tomorrow. But if the meeting does take place it will be a critical chance to initiate a new momentum for dialogue."
Although nothing has been confirmed, the presidential office said it's ready for all possibilties.
That could mean the two-way summit Trump mentioned on Twitter... or a Moon-Kim-Trump summit.
There is also the possibility that President Moon might join his American counterpart at the DMZ after their summit meeting this morning.
So we might actually see the two leaders strolling the heavily fortified border together today something that was once tried two years ago, but did not happen because of the weather.
Okay,... but besides the North Korea factor,... there is a scheduled summit meeting between the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. this Sunday at the top office.
Give us a picture of how the day might unfold.
The rough outline we have of the schedule starts with a meeting with Korean business leaders at around 10-ish.
Then there will be a summit at the Blue House at around 11 this morning their first get-together in 80-days after their last meeting in Washington in April.
After that a joint press conference
Many are hoping that that's when many of the reporters here will be able to learn if there will be a summit with the North's Kim Jong-un.
So a lot of big unknowns today but the biggest question many are wanting to know whether North Korea will answer with a surprise apperance.
And given Trump's impulsive character and Kim's unpredictability all options are wide open at this point.
For more on the latest and the general atmosphere we go live to our presidential correspondent standing by for us.
Se-min we still don't know if there'll be a summit with Kim Jong-un. Gas there been any development on that front yet?
Not really.
The latest we heard from the top office was from the chief presidential press secretary late last night after the dinner the two presidents Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump had last night.
The presidential secretary said that the leaders had a mutual understanding that meeting with Kim Jong-un will be a good thing.
But still,... there has not been a yes or no.
This is the press secretary last night.
"There is no final confirmation of a meeting with Chairman Kim Jong-un tomorrow. But if the meeting does take place it will be a critical chance to initiate a new momentum for dialogue."
Although nothing has been confirmed, the presidential office said it's ready for all possibilties.
That could mean the two-way summit Trump mentioned on Twitter... or a Moon-Kim-Trump summit.
There is also the possibility that President Moon might join his American counterpart at the DMZ after their summit meeting this morning.
So we might actually see the two leaders strolling the heavily fortified border together today something that was once tried two years ago, but did not happen because of the weather.
Okay,... but besides the North Korea factor,... there is a scheduled summit meeting between the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. this Sunday at the top office.
Give us a picture of how the day might unfold.
The rough outline we have of the schedule starts with a meeting with Korean business leaders at around 10-ish.
Then there will be a summit at the Blue House at around 11 this morning their first get-together in 80-days after their last meeting in Washington in April.
After that a joint press conference
Many are hoping that that's when many of the reporters here will be able to learn if there will be a summit with the North's Kim Jong-un.
So a lot of big unknowns today but the biggest question many are wanting to know whether North Korea will answer with a surprise apperance.
And given Trump's impulsive character and Kim's unpredictability all options are wide open at this point.