North Korea–United States summit

South Korea said on May 17 that it would seek to mediate between the United States and North Korea after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of an unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump on June 12 in Singapore.

North Korea may cancel the planned meeting of its leader, Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, FOCUS said, citing world agencies. The summit may be canceled if the US continues to pressure North Korea's request to abandon its nuclear arsenal.

Staging a flag-waving, still-of-the-night arrival ceremony, President Donald Trump welcomed home early on May 10 three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of de-nuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

Three Americans imprisoned in North Korea have been released and are already traveling to the United States, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US President Donald Trump said.

According to Trump the Secretary of State Pompeo had a good meeting in Pyongyang with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

China's foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, his office said April 30, becoming the highest-ranking Chinese official to travel there in years as Beijing moves to further improve ties with Pyongyang days after a landmark inter-Korean summit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea when the country closes its nuclear test site in May, Seoul officials said on April 29, as U.S. President Trump pressed for total denuclearization ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim.

The leaders of North and South Korea agreed April 27 to pursue a permanent peace and the complete denuclearization of the divided peninsula, as they embraced after a historic summit laden with symbolism.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Bucharest, Kim Eun-joong talked, in an interview granted to AGERPRES, about the "invaluable opportunity" to accomplish denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula, to the benefit of the entire world.

The statement comes in the context of the upcoming North Korea - South Korea summit starting Friday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk across the Demilitarized Zone on April 27 for a historic summit with the South’s President Moon Jae-in, the highest-level encounter yet in a whirlwind of nuclear diplomacy.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on April 18 that he hoped an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be successful after a recent visit to Pyongyang by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, but warned he would call it off if he did not think it would produce results.