Regional players are working feverishly ahead of that possible summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump next month.<br /> One leader who is refusing to take any chances,... is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. <br />The White House confirmed on Monday that Trump and Abe have 'agreed to meet before the North Korea-U.S. summit.'<br />It also said the two leaders have "affirmed the shared imperative of achieving the complete and permanent dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and ballistic missile programs." <br />
