문대통령, 한미정상회담서 남북관계 돌파구 마련할까?<br /><br />Following the no-deal summit in Hanoi,... talks between the two Koreas have also been deadlocked.<br />With Presidents Moon and Trump scheduled to meet, attention now turns to what the South Korean president can do to facilitate the nuclear dialogue and get inter-Korean relations back on track.<br />Our Park Hee-jun reports. There's guarded optimism in Seoul about restarting dialogue between the two Koreas.<br />According to a senior Blue House official on Friday,... no official talks have taken place between the two Koreas since the summit in Hanoi.<br />The North is believed to be evaluating that meeting and its role in it.<br />Although it's too early to discuss another inter-Korean summit,... the official expressed hope that a meeting will take place soon,... and that things on the Korean Peninsula will move forward.<br />But that depends largely on to what degree President Moon in Washington succeeds in facilitating the nuclear talks.<br />The Hanoi summit failed because the U.S. was adamant on lifting sanctions only after North Korea's complete denuclearization,... whereas the North insisted on step-by-step denuclearization and sanctions relief.<br />Right after that meeting, President Moon was asked by President Trump to take up the mediator role, so he'll be looking for a clear solution.<br />That will also be key in terms of inter-Korean projects -- moving ahead to reopen the Gaeseong Industrial Complex and resume the Mount Geumgangsan tours -- both of which are currently blocked by sanctions.<br />The upcoming summit also indicates that "top-down" diplomacy-- that is, between the leaders themselves -- is still very much intact... despite criticism that such an approach proved its limitations in Hanoi.<br />The Blue House official says such diplomacy between the leaders is what brought the two Koreas together thus far... and that it will continue.<br />And how that turns out... will also determine the future of inter-Korean relations.<br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
