조셉 윤 "美판문점 협상팀 목표는 北비핵화 3단계 문서화"<br /><br /> Delegations from Pyongyang and Washington are expected to have met at the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom to fine-tune the agenda for a possible summit.<br />The U.S. side is likely trying to clarify the three steps Pyongyang should take to denuclearize.<br />Oh Jung-hee has more on what might have been discussed between the two teams. <br /> Defining the three steps North Korea should take in its path towards denuclearization.<br />That's what the U.S. delegation that met with North Korea's negotiators at Panmunjom hopes to achieve... according to Washington's former chief North Korea negotiator Joseph Yun.<br />He said... Sung Kim, who's leading the U.S. delegation,... is likely to be forming a set of documents with Pyongyang... that detail the three steps Pyongyang should take... to abandon its nuclear weapons.<br /> The first is North Korea declaring how far it's willing to go in abandoning the program.<br />The second is deciding how and when Pyongyang will offer an explanation of that process to Washington,... and the final step is determining how the U.S. will verify those claims.<br /> The U.S. attempts to reach an agreement with North Korea on these three steps... is part of efforts to make sure that North Korea is sincere about denuclearizing,... which is a crucial point to be confirmed before the Kim-Trump summit.<br /> But the North Korea-U.S. talks at Panmunjom are expected to deal with another big question from the other side of the table: how Washington will promise North Korea the security of its regime.<br />After meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday,... South Korean President Moon Jae-in said... North Korea's biggest concern... is whether it can trust the U.S. over ending hostility and guaranteeing regime security... in case it completely denuclearizes.<br /> How much Washington and Pyongyang are able to narrow their differences on these points will determine whether the Kim-Trump summit will be a success.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. <br />
