Kim and Trump to meet for a second summit near end of Feb.
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We start today with the latest developments on the talks between North Korea and the United States.
After months of silence,... the two sides finally held high-level talks on Friday in Washington.
We also heard that the North Korean envoy was able to meet with President Donald Trump,... and they seem to have made some progress concerning the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit.
For more, let's go straight to our Park Hee-jun who is on the line for us from Seoul's foreign ministry.
Hee-jun, tell us more.
Ji-won. We are seeing some progress with the Kim-Trump summit.
The White House has announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump,... will meet QUOTE-"near the end of February."
The exact location is to be announced on a later date.
The announcement came after a 90-minute meeting between the North's top envoy Kim Yong-chol and President Trump at the White House.
Kim is said to have delivered to Trump,... a letter from Kim Jong-un.
And before that,... Kim Yong-chol met Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. State Department's special representative for North Korea affairs, Stephen Biegun.
They discussed efforts to make progress on the promises made during the Kim-Trump summit in Singapore,... and according to the State Department,... the talks were QUOTE- "productive."
These were the first set of discussions held by the two sides,... since the postponement of high-level talks originally scheduled for November.
And it breaks the months-long stalemate in the nuclear negotiations.
So we have the estimated date for the summit,... but Hee-jun when will the two tune-out the remaining details?
So the high-level talks were held in Washington.
And next is the working-level talks.
The meeting between North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Stephen Biegun is expected to be held as early as today in Stockholm.
With Pyeongyang and Washington having made the summit official and agreeing on a rough date,... the logistics for the meeting is likely to be sorted out by Choe and Biegun,... which would be the first meeting between the pair,... since Biegun took his position last August.
And according to Seoul's foreign ministry,... South Korea's nuclear envoy Lee Do-hoon has left for Sweden.
He will attend an international conference where Choe and Biegun are also said to attend.
So there are high speculations... that two-way or three-way discussions could get underway in Stockholm.
And if all goes well,... more announcements may be on the way.
It really looks like the second North Korea-U.S. summit is taking shape.
And Hee-jun, this comes after months of seemingly stalled denuclearization negotiations between the two.
So could you give us a recap of what the disagreement was on and what could come out of the talks ahead?
You're right. Little progress has been made since their first face-to-face in June.
So more weight is being put on this next summit.
After months of silence,... the two sides finally held high-level talks on Friday in Washington.
We also heard that the North Korean envoy was able to meet with President Donald Trump,... and they seem to have made some progress concerning the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit.
For more, let's go straight to our Park Hee-jun who is on the line for us from Seoul's foreign ministry.
Hee-jun, tell us more.
Ji-won. We are seeing some progress with the Kim-Trump summit.
The White House has announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump,... will meet QUOTE-"near the end of February."
The exact location is to be announced on a later date.
The announcement came after a 90-minute meeting between the North's top envoy Kim Yong-chol and President Trump at the White House.
Kim is said to have delivered to Trump,... a letter from Kim Jong-un.
And before that,... Kim Yong-chol met Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. State Department's special representative for North Korea affairs, Stephen Biegun.
They discussed efforts to make progress on the promises made during the Kim-Trump summit in Singapore,... and according to the State Department,... the talks were QUOTE- "productive."
These were the first set of discussions held by the two sides,... since the postponement of high-level talks originally scheduled for November.
And it breaks the months-long stalemate in the nuclear negotiations.
So we have the estimated date for the summit,... but Hee-jun when will the two tune-out the remaining details?
So the high-level talks were held in Washington.
And next is the working-level talks.
The meeting between North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Stephen Biegun is expected to be held as early as today in Stockholm.
With Pyeongyang and Washington having made the summit official and agreeing on a rough date,... the logistics for the meeting is likely to be sorted out by Choe and Biegun,... which would be the first meeting between the pair,... since Biegun took his position last August.
And according to Seoul's foreign ministry,... South Korea's nuclear envoy Lee Do-hoon has left for Sweden.
He will attend an international conference where Choe and Biegun are also said to attend.
So there are high speculations... that two-way or three-way discussions could get underway in Stockholm.
And if all goes well,... more announcements may be on the way.
It really looks like the second North Korea-U.S. summit is taking shape.
And Hee-jun, this comes after months of seemingly stalled denuclearization negotiations between the two.
So could you give us a recap of what the disagreement was on and what could come out of the talks ahead?
You're right. Little progress has been made since their first face-to-face in June.
So more weight is being put on this next summit.