South Korea's Moon Jae-in makes a historic trip to Pyongyang Tuesday

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will travel to Pyongyang Tuesday for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2018.

Moon's trip will be the first time a South Korean president has visited the North's capital city in more than a decade, and the meeting is expected to be a landmark moment for both Moon's presidency and inter-Korean relations. "Depending on what the government's goal from the summit is, it could make or break his presidency," Lee Eun-young of the Korea Public Opinion Lab told Bloomberg.

These overtures come as U.S.-North Korean diplomacy has reached a lull, but Moon's administration has argued building positive relations will "provide North Korea with all the support and encouragement to make the right choices for itself."

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"We will not let this heartfelt opportunity slip through," said South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo on Thursday. "Returning to our 70-year history of conflict and hatred is not an option."