Our top story this evening....South Korea's intelligence agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might cross the border to the South later this year.<br />If denuclearization talks go well, it says, Kim could participate in the Korea-ASEAN special summit set to be held in Busan, in November.<br />The NIS also said that working-level talks between North Korea and the U.S. could resume in the coming weeks.<br />Our political correspondent Kim Mok-yeon starts us off.<br />South Korea's National Intelligence Service says there is a possibility that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could cross the border to South Korea to attend a special summit with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in late November.<br />After a closed-door session of parliament's intelligence committee Tuesday,... main opposition Liberty Korea Party lawmaker Lee Eun-jae quoted Suh Hoon the chief of the NIS as saying that the North Korean leader could participate in the Korea-ASEAN special summit should denuclearization negotiations go well.<br />"We asked if Kim Jong-un would participate in the special summit in Busan and he said that depending on the outcome of nuclear negotiations with the U.S., he could visit in November."<br />As for when the denuclearization talks will resume, lawmaker Kim Min-ki with the ruling Democratic Party quoted the NIS chief as saying that working-level talks on denuclearization could resume in the next two or three weeks.<br />"The NIS told us that working level talks between Pyeongyang and Washington could resume in the next two to three weeks, and if an agreement is reached, an inter-Korean summit could also be held within this year."<br />The Intel agency also said that Kim Jong-un could make a fifth visit to China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping,... given that he met with Xi ahead his previous two summits with President Trump.<br />If he does go, the NIS said it would likely be October 6th, the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.<br />Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.<br />
