The liaison office’s opening came before South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet for the third time this year next week to discuss denuclearisation of the peninsula and other issues. The White House said Monday that Washington is looking at a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after the latter made a written request for such a meeting.
North Korea and South Korea open their first liaison office near Kaesong ahead of third third summit meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in 2018.