트럼프 '3차 북미회담 어느 시점에 할 것'<br /><br />The U.S. has made clear that when he comes to South Korea later this week, President Trump has no plans to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un,.... there still seems to be hope that a summit will take place at some point.<br />Our Lee Ji-won has this story. <br />Along with the renewed anticipation of North Korea and the U.S. resuming their denuclearization talks, comes hope for a third Pyeongyang-Washington summit. <br />And President Trump's comments to reporters at the Oval Office on Tuesday fueled speculation it might happen sooner rather than later.<br />"Just a nice letter back and forth. He wrote me a beautiful letter on birthday. It was my birthday, as you know, last week. He wrote me a beautiful letter, I thought it was very nice. And just, two friendly letters. We get along very well.<br />Ha, maybe there was. At some point we will do that. Getting along very well. He's not doing nuclear testing."<br />Unlike in the past, a top-down approach is being pursued in a bid to solve the denuclearization issue. <br />And on June 12th last year, the leaders of the long-time foes finally met for their first sitdown in Singapore. <br />There they agreed on the four pillars of establishing their ties and achieving denuclearization. <br />On top of the hard talks,... the two leaders also engaged in various activities that allowed them to get to know each other on a personal level, including a one-on-one sitdown just with their translators, and a leisurely stroll.<br /><br />But things did not go so smoothly after that as the two sides faced the critical issue of who does what first... and in exchange for what. <br />Despite a number of working-level talks after Singapore, their negotiations hit a wall. <br />And the two leaders stepped in, meeting again about eight months later, this time in Hanoi. <br />Both leaders seemed to have thought they could persuade their counterpart into taking the next step in implementing their deal. <br />But neither side budged. <br />Kim was firm on the U.S. lifting sanctions on the North's economy in exchange for the dismantling of the regime's Yeongbyeon nuclear facility.<br />Trump said Yeongbyeon had to be dismantled and the North had to provide an overall and detailed roadmap for denuclearization. <br />Since then no significant talks have been held, at least not publicly. <br />Whether this week's series of summits between Presidents Moon Jae-in, Trump and Xi Jinping can revive the momentum for dialogue remains to be seen.<br />But there are also concerns that working-level talks need to first pave the way in order to prevent the same mistakes made in Hanoi.<br />Lee Ji-won, Arirang News. <br />
