South Korea has announced that its unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon will lead a delegation to the border village of Panmunjom, where they will meet Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North’s agency for inter-Korean affairs. Officials will discuss the date and specific agendas of the April summit.
South Korea president's envoy met with Kim in Pyongyang earlier this month, and South Korean officials have also brokered a potential meeting between Kim and US President Donald Trump by the end of May.
It is unclear whether the high level meetings between Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington, if they take place, could lead to any meaningful breakthrough after an unusually provocative year. North Korea in 2017 tested its most powerful nuclear weapon to date and test-launched three intercontinental ballistic missiles theoretically capable of striking the US mainland.
The heads of the two Koreas have held talks only twice since the 1950-53 Korean War .But since then the North has sent delegates and athletes to the Winter Games in the South.
