The U.S. and North Korea have agreed to work toward holding a second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at the earliest possible date," South Korean officials said Sunday, according to The Washington Post. South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after the top U.S. diplomat met with Kim. Moon said he hoped the second Trump-Kim summit would lead to "irreversible, decisive progress in terms of denuclearization as well as the peace process." Pompeo said he had "a good, productive conversation" with Kim.
The Trump administration has been trying to get momentum going again after expressing frustration with Kim's failure to follow up on the first summit in June with concrete steps toward denuclearization. "It was another step forward. So this is, I think, a good outcome for all of us," Pompeo said.
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