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| Trump proposes meeting with Kim Jong-un in demilitarized zone | Trump proposes meeting with Kim Jong-un in demilitarized zone |
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| Donald Trump has proposed a meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that divides the Korean peninsula between north and south. | |
| Trump suggested in a tweet on Friday evening that he could meet the North Korean leader while visiting neighboring South Korea after attending the G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan. | |
| Trump later described his invitation as a spontaneous idea, according to the New York Times reporter Peter Baker. | |
| After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)! | After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)! |
| Trump and Kim have met twice, first in Singapore last June and again in Hanoi in February. Neither summit has produced a comprehensive agreement that would see North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons program in exchange for sanctions relief. | |
| Trump’s first months in office were marked by belligerent, personal attacks between the president and the North Korean leader over North Korea’s nuclear program. | |
| But since the two met in Singapore last June, the US president has touted a close personal bond with Kim. That meeting marked the first time a sitting American president had met with the North Korean leader. | |
| And when North Korea conducted several weapons tests last month, Trump took up a surprisingly moderate tone. “Nobody’s happy about it,” the president said. | |
| As he left the White House for Asia earlier this week, Trump was asked whether he’d meet with Kim while he is in the region. | As he left the White House for Asia earlier this week, Trump was asked whether he’d meet with Kim while he is in the region. |
| “I’ll be meeting with a lot of other people ... but I may be speaking to him in a different form,” Trump said. | “I’ll be meeting with a lot of other people ... but I may be speaking to him in a different form,” Trump said. |
| Such trips to the demilitarized zone, the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea, are usually undertaken under heavy security and the utmost secrecy. | Such trips to the demilitarized zone, the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea, are usually undertaken under heavy security and the utmost secrecy. |
| Trump tried to visit the DMZ when he was in Seoul in November 2017, but his helicopter was grounded by heavy fog. | Trump tried to visit the DMZ when he was in Seoul in November 2017, but his helicopter was grounded by heavy fog. |
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