What happens next following the historic summit in Singapore between the United States President Donald Trump and the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Un?
The U.S. president is back in Washington and he has tweeted that the DPRK is no longer a nuclear threat.
Meanwhile, his top diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, prepares to brief officials in Seoul about the Trump-Kim meeting.
Pompeo told reporters the U.S. hopes to achieve “major disarmament” of the DPRK’s nuclear arsenal in the next two and a half years.
And the U.S. will stop joint military exercises with the Republic of Korea as long as good-faith negotiations continue with the DPRK.
To discuss:
- Song Zhang is the Washington Bureau Chief for Shanghai Wen Hui Daily.
- Myung-koo Kang, is a professor of political science at Baruch College of the City University of New York
- Rodger Baker is a senior vice president of Strategic Analysis, Stratfor
- Hugh Dugan is a fellow at the Center for UN and Global Governance at Seton Hall University.
For more:
The situation on the Korean Peninsula is developing in line with the road map proposed by China & Russia: Russian Foreign Minister https://t.co/OFa2d9ifMX pic.twitter.com/iNgMYZQ0vW
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 13, 2018
U.S. lawmakers, scholars applaud Trump-Kim summit, skepticism remains https://t.co/Ouk2Ok6NU4 pic.twitter.com/4eMw9FaCkQ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) June 13, 2018
How does the statement signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un compare to promises made by the North Korean leader's father and grandfather – and those made by Kim to South Korean President Moon Jae-in less than two months ago? https://t.co/YtJVlYPNqq pic.twitter.com/p8haPSQpkv
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) June 13, 2018
For context after the Singapore summit:
Read the joint statement signed by President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday: https://t.co/0PuoRDZdU8
Read NPR's annotations on the transcript of Trump's subsequent press conference: https://t.co/2GcoOAY71Q pic.twitter.com/cQDLcWuKd1
— NPR (@NPR) June 13, 2018