백악관 "북미정상회담 한국시간으로 12일 오전10시 개최"<br /><br /> Turning to the latest on the June 12th summit between the leaders of North Korea and the United States.<br />After weeks of will they, won't they, it looks like it's smooth sailing from here on.<br />According to our Park Hee jun, the White House announced the exact time for that meeting in Singapore. <br /> The White House has confirmed the date and time of the North Korea-U.S. summit.<br />It will be held next Tuesday on June 12th,... at 9AM Singapore time,... or 10AM Korea time.<br /><br /> "And I can also tell you the schedule for -- tentatively -- for that first meeting will be on June 12 at 9 a.m. Singapore time and take place June 11, 9 p.m. East Coast time." <br /><br />The press secretary referred to it as the "first" meeting.<br /> That could be seen as confirmation from Washington that there may be follow-up meetings with North Korea,...even after the summit in Singapore.<br />It also follows the same line as President Trump's recent remarks,... where he hinted at the possibility of multiple talks with Pyongyang.<br /><br /> "It'll be a beginning. I don't say, and I've never said, it happens in one meeting. You're talking about about years of hostility, years of problems. Years of really hatred between so many different nations. But I think you're going to have a very positive result in the end, not from one meeting."<br /><br /> The White House has also clarified that the Trump administration's policy of "maximum pressure" through sanctions remains in place... and will stay until the regime has abandoned its nuclear weapons.<br /><br /> "Our policy hasn't changed. As the president stated, we have sanctions on, they're very powerful and we would not take those sanctions off unless North Korea denuclearized." <br /><br />The White House was clearing up remarks made last week by President Trump following his meeting with a senior North Korean envoy.<br /> Trump said last week, he didn't want to use the term "maximum pressure" anymore to describe U.S. pressure on Pyongyang,... as they were "getting along".<br />He also said he looks forward to the day when he can remove the sanctions from the regime.<br /><br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News. <br />
