On October 27, the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea said that the possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the inter-Korean border during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit is unlikely to happen.
Our overall assessment is that there is no concrete sign that the meeting will take place, said Oh Hyun Joo, deputy director for national security at the South Korean Presidential Palace. I don't have any real information, there are only speculations in the press".
However, according to Ms. Oh, Seoul has not yet been able to rule out the possibility of holding a dialogue between the heads of the two countries.
Earlier, on October 26, South Korean National Security Advisor Wi Sung Lac also expressed a similar view, saying that Seoul had not seen any signs of preparing for the meeting but was still ready if this scenario occurred.
Recently, President Trump has repeatedly expressed his willingness to meet with President Kim Jong Un, in the context of the US leader preparing to go to South Korea to attend the APEC Summit and hold talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
It is these signals that have made the media make expectations about Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim Jong Un having another meeting arranged for a very short time at the inter-Korean border like in 2019.
