北美 '막바지 실무협상' 개시할 것으로 보여<br /><br />Working-level officials from the two sides are using these last hours to fine-tune the details of what leaders Kim and Trump will be talking about and what'll be in their agreement.<br />Our reporters Lee Ji-won and Park Hee-jun are in Hanoi and they've been following all those preparation for us. <br />Good to see you both.<br />So let's start with Ji-won.<br />Ji-won, we understand that there were no working-level talks this morning as there weren't yesterday.<br />Devin. Yes. Like you said, the officials did not hold their talks this morning... but there was activity of some kind on both sides. <br />U.S. Special representative for North Korea affairs, Stephen Biegun, was seen leaving his hotel at around 10 a.m., local time.<br />But we're not sure where he went and he hasn't come back yet. <br />And about an hour and a half later, North Korea's protocol chief, Kim Chang-son, and Park Chol, Vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, were seen leaving the State Guest House. <br />They came back about an hour later,... but we don't know where they went either. <br />North's top negotiator Kim Hyok-chol is believed to be in the State Guest House.<br />Now, the officials had also skipped yesterday's morning session,... and only met in the afternoon... so there's a possibility that the talks could resume sometime later.<br />Meanwhile, with just days left until the summit,... the officials are expected to have started drawing up the Hanoi Joint Declaration that will be released after the summit.<br />They have been meeting everyday since last Thursday,... but for shorter and shorter times --- from over 7 hours on Friday to just 2 and a half hours on Sunday.<br />So we're guessing they are headed in the same direction,... and narrowing their differences. <br />The main points of contention are understood to include Pyeongyang's dismantlement of its nuclear facility at Yeongbyeon, a declaration to end the Korean War, and allowing inter-Korean economic exchanges.<br />Back to you Devin.
