We begin today with the bilateral summit between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump,... taking place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.<br />The talks are ongoing as we speak.<br />For more, we have our Park Hee-jun on the line.<br />Hee-jun, what are we learning as of late?<br /><br /> Talks between Presidents Moon and Trump began around half an hour ago.<br />They began a little later than scheduled at 5:30 PM, local time,... and they are happening at the Intercontinental Barclay in New York, where President Moon is staying.<br /><br /> This is the ninth summit between the two leaders.<br />Their previous meeting was in Seoul in June,... where they held a one-on-one and a three-way meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the truce village of Panmunjeom.<br />So this makes it their first summit in around three months. <br /><br /> The two leaders went into the talks with a lot more on their plate than the last time they met.<br />But, topping the agenda of course - rekindling North Korea, U.S. denuclearization talks.<br /><br /> The most important agenda at today's summit is, of course, the denuclearization talks between North Korea and the U.S.<br /><br /> The negotiations have pretty much been in limbo since the second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Trump in Hanoi in February,... ended without any sort of agreement.<br />But Pyeongyang recently revealed it wants to resume working-level talks by the end of this month.<br />Presidents Moon and Trump will be looking into ways to ensure the soon-to-be-resumed talks can lead to concrete progress.<br />Ahead of their closed-door meeting,... Moon told the press that he hopes to see a third summit soon as well.<br /><br /> President Trump also mentioned a "new method" last week -- that was welcomed by the regime.<br />At the start of the summit just now,... he added there will be additional measures for the North.<br />And according to South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha,... the U.S. is open to talks on easing sanctions or providing security guarantees to the regime.<br />All these remarks hint that we could see a deal, not as inclusive as the 'big deal' that the U.S. had stressed in Vietnam,... but one that takes a step back which could better satisfy the North.<br /><br /> Another thing we need to look out for is whether the trade conflict between Seoul and Tokyo comes up.<br />Washington has been trying to stay out of this bilateral dispute.<br />But that became all the more difficult when the dispute prompted the South Korean government to decide to terminate its military intelligence sharing pact with Japan.<br />And that has left a stain on the trilateral alliance in the region.<br />The Trump administration has, on numerous occasions, expressed its disappointment with Seoul over the decision.<br />President Moon is likely to explain the background behind the decision,... and emphasize that regardless of Seoul-Tokyo relations,... Seoul-Washington ties need to be upgraded.<br /><br /> And later in the day,... South Korea and the U.S. will begin their defense cost-sh
