We begin with the ongoing preparations for the 2nd North Korea-U.S. summit. <br />While curiosity has been mounting over WHERE the summit will be held,... U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted this morning that the venue will be Vietnam's capital Hanoi.<br />Let's connect to our correspondent Oh Jung-hee, who's been watching the development.<br />She joins us on the line.<br />Jung-hee, what can you tell us?<br /><br />Ji-won,<br />President Trump tweeted just a couple of hours ago that his representatives had a very productive meeting in North Korea and agreed upon the time and date for his second summit with Kim Jong-un.<br />It's all set -- the summit talks are going to be held at Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, for two days from February 27th to 28th.<br />Until now, it's been known that the summit will be held in Vietnam, but the exact city hadn't been revealed.<br />It seems, out of two potential venues -- Hanoi and Da Nang -- the two sides narrowed it down to Hanoi.<br />Hanoi is a place that was much preferred by the North Korean side.<br />First of all, it has the North Korean embassy... and second, late former North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, who's Kim Jong-un's grandfather, visited the city two times in 1958 and 1964.<br />It's also known that the Vietnamese government recommended Hanoi for the summit.<br />As it will be the first time in over 50 years that a North Korean leader travels to the country, it's possible that Kim could make a state visit to Vietnam and meet with the Vietnamese president.<br /><br />Jung-hee, this major announcement comes after the U.S. nuclear envoy wrapped up his visit to Pyeongyang on Friday.<br />Tells us more about that. Who did he meet, what did he talk about,... and what's still to come?<br /><br />Right,<br />For the past three days, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, has met with his North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok-chol, whom the U.S. State Department confirmed as Pyeongyang's Special Representative for U.S. Affairs.<br />He belongs to the regime's State Affairs Commission, a government body that Kim Jong-un heads.<br />So, Kim Hyok-chol and Biegun sealed the location of the upcoming summit.<br />But, Washington also says that they discussed advancing the commitments made at the Singapore summit -- which means, the two sides talked about some specific actions they should take in terms of denuclearizing and rewarding.<br />Watchers believe Washington is demanding that the North dismantle additional sites and allow access and verification by American experts.<br />And in return, it's likely that Washington is considering offering some type of assistance for the North's economic development.<br />Trump stressed through Twitter this morning that North Korea will become a great economic powerhouse, again encouraging the regime to denuclearize.<br />So this morning, the U.S. nuclear envoy met with South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and shared what he talked about with his North Korean counterpart.<br />Biegun said that his discussions with the North were productive and the two sides are committed that they
