North Korea's point man on the United States and his delegation have arrived in Hanoi for talks on the agenda for the second Kim-Trump summit,... now less than a week away. <br />His American counterpart is set to arrive in the Vietnamese capital shortly,... with watchers saying working-level talks could start as soon as Thursday.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports. <br />Sporting a blue dress shirt and tie,... North Korea's special representative for U.S. affairs of the State Affairs Commission, Kim Hyok-chol arrived in Hanoi at 6:20PM, local time, on Wednesday,... via a plane from Beijing.<br />With him were two other senior North Korean officials: Kim Song-hye,... the director of the North's United Front Department's tactical office,... and Choe Kang-il,... the acting director-general for the foreign ministry's North American affairs department.<br />Shortly after their arrival,... they were whisked away by car to an undisclosed location.<br />Kim Hyok-chol is expected to meet with his American counterpart, Stephen Biegun in the Vietnamese capital,... to discuss what will be covered during the two-day talks between the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. next week.<br />According to the U.S. State Department,.. Biegun departed from Washington for Hanoi on Tuesday, and is expected to arrive in Vietnam soon.<br />During the pre-summit negotiations,... the two sides will likely draft the joint statement to be issued after the Hanoi summit,... which will be called the Hanoi Declaration.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
