Our top story this evening....South Korea's intelligence agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might cross the border to the South later this year.
If denuclearization talks go well, it says, Kim could participate in the Korea-ASEAN special summit set to be held in Busan, in November.
The NIS also said that working-level talks between North Korea and the U.S. could resume in the coming weeks.
Our political correspondent Kim Mok-yeon starts us off.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service says there is a possibility that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could cross the border to South Korea to attend a special summit with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in late November.
After a closed-door session of parliament's intelligence committee Tuesday,... main opposition Liberty Korea Party lawmaker Lee Eun-jae quoted Suh Hoon the chief of the NIS as saying that the North Korean leader could participate in the Korea-ASEAN special summit should denuclearization negotiations go well.
"We asked if Kim Jong-un would participate in the special summit in Busan and he said that depending on the outcome of nuclear negotiations with the U.S., he could visit in November."
As for when the denuclearization talks will resume, lawmaker Kim Min-ki with the ruling Democratic Party quoted the NIS chief as saying that working-level talks on denuclearization could resume in the next two or three weeks.
"The NIS told us that working level talks between Pyeongyang and Washington could resume in the next two to three weeks, and if an agreement is reached, an inter-Korean summit could also be held within this year."
The Intel agency also said that Kim Jong-un could make a fifth visit to China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping,... given that he met with Xi ahead his previous two summits with President Trump.
If he does go, the NIS said it would likely be October 6th, the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.