N. Korea's Kim Jong-un "determined" to go ahead with U.S. summit
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North Korea's state media released this morning a fairly detailed report about yesterday's summit.
It said that Kim Jong-un expressed a strong willingness to hold the summit with President Trump and that there will also be more meetings next month between the two Koreas.
Oh Jung-hee has the details.
Meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reportedly conveyed a strong will to go ahead with the summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Reporting about Saturday's second inter-Korean summit talks,... North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency wrote... that Kim Jong-un appreciated President Moon's efforts to make the North Korea-U.S. summit happen... and expressed a firm determination that it should take place.
Kim also suggested that the two Koreas work together to improve Pyongyang-Washington relations.
With talks underway between the North and the U.S., there is still hope for a summit to happen on June 12th, but Kim's remarks are seen as part of efforts to make sure it that it does.
Pyongyang's state media also wrote that the two leaders discussed implementing the Panmunjom Declaration -- the statement that came out of last month's summit between South and North.
They set a date for high-level inter-Korean talks that were called off unilaterally by the North in mid-May -- they'll be held now on June 1st.
The North Korean report also said the two leaders agreed to resume talks in other fields as well,... including the inter-Korean military talks... and Red Cross talks for holding reunions of families divided by the Korean War.
The leaders agreed to meet and talk as often as possible to achieve denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang assessed that Moon and Kim, in their meeting, reached a "satisfactory consensus."
The regime said... this second summit opens up a new chapter in the development of inter-Korean relations.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
It said that Kim Jong-un expressed a strong willingness to hold the summit with President Trump and that there will also be more meetings next month between the two Koreas.
Oh Jung-hee has the details.
Meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reportedly conveyed a strong will to go ahead with the summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Reporting about Saturday's second inter-Korean summit talks,... North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency wrote... that Kim Jong-un appreciated President Moon's efforts to make the North Korea-U.S. summit happen... and expressed a firm determination that it should take place.
Kim also suggested that the two Koreas work together to improve Pyongyang-Washington relations.
With talks underway between the North and the U.S., there is still hope for a summit to happen on June 12th, but Kim's remarks are seen as part of efforts to make sure it that it does.
Pyongyang's state media also wrote that the two leaders discussed implementing the Panmunjom Declaration -- the statement that came out of last month's summit between South and North.
They set a date for high-level inter-Korean talks that were called off unilaterally by the North in mid-May -- they'll be held now on June 1st.
The North Korean report also said the two leaders agreed to resume talks in other fields as well,... including the inter-Korean military talks... and Red Cross talks for holding reunions of families divided by the Korean War.
The leaders agreed to meet and talk as often as possible to achieve denuclearization and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang assessed that Moon and Kim, in their meeting, reached a "satisfactory consensus."
The regime said... this second summit opens up a new chapter in the development of inter-Korean relations.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.