South Korean intelligence services stated that a summit between the United States and North Korea is "possible at any time". This statement comes in the context of relations between the two countries and the history of negotiation attempts.
During Donald Trump's first term, the then US president met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on three distinct occasions. The encounters were highly mediatized and marked by symbolic gestures of rapprochement.
Trump even publicly stated that he and Kim were "in love", in a demonstration of cordiality that contrasted with the previously belligerent rhetoric between the two countries.
These high-level summits had as their main objective reaching a denuclearization agreement for the Korean Peninsula. However, despite the positive tone and prolonged meetings, no concrete progress was achieved regarding the North Korean nuclear program.
