North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold their third summit in less than six months when they meet in the North's capital, Pyongyang, on September 18-20.
A South Korean official announced the summit plan early on Thursday. South Korea's National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong met Kim in Pyongyang on Wednesday and lauded his determination to “denuclearise” the Korean peninsula. Kim reportedly told South Korean officials that his faith in US President Donald Trump remains “unchanged”.
Despite a meeting between Trump and Kim in June, progress on denuclearisation in the Korean peninsula has been slow, with Trump last month calling off a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to North Korea.
Kim and Moon met for the first time in April on the South Korean side of Panmunjom village in the demilitarised zone of the two countries' border. They next met in a “impromptu” summit on the North Korean side of Panmunjom in late May.
(With agency inputs)
