With less than 10 days left until the second North Korea-U.S. summit.... the two sides are going to work together on drafting their joint statement in the coming days.<br />Our Park Hee-jun starts us off. It's hoped North Korea and the U.S. can make further progress this week on their joint statement for the upcoming Hanoi summit.<br />U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun and his North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok-chol will meet in the Vietnamese capital in a bid to narrow their differences.<br />Biegun previously said the two sides already set the summit agenda during their working-level talks in Pyeongyang earlier this month,... and that they would try to overcome any differences of opinion at the follow-up negotiations.<br /><br />Kim Jong-un and President Trump agreed in Singapore last June to establish new bilateral relations and work toward establishing peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.<br />Biegun and Kim Hyok-chol are to focus on specific ways to implement that promise.<br />At the core of that,... is believed to be the verified shutdown of the North's Yeongbyeon nuclear complex,... and what the U.S. would offer in return.<br />The Yeongbyeon complex is a key facility that produces the essential materials for making nuclear weapons-- plutonium and uranium.<br />Possible rewards from the U.S. could include an end-of-war declaration and partial sanctions relief.<br /><br />Watchers say, the more specific the statement, the more likely the summit will be a success.<br />As a result,... it's possible Pyeongyang and Washington may continue their working-level talks right up to the day of the summit,... until they find a middle ground that satisfies both sides.<br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News. <br />
