US Special Representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sung Kim speaks with his Republic of Korea (ROK) counterpart (not in frame) during their bilateral meeting at a hotel in Seoul, ROK, on June 21, 2021. (JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)
SEOUL – A US nuclear envoy will visit the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Saturday to discuss the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue with his ROK counterpart, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
Sung Kim, US special representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is scheduled to make a four-day trip to ROK from Saturday to Tuesday.
The visit will be the second trip made by Sung Kim, US special representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), since he took office in May
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It would be his second visit to Seoul since he took office in May. The US diplomat made a five-day travel to ROK in June.
On Monday, Kim is set to meet with Noh Kyu-duk, ROK's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, to discuss bilateral cooperative ways for a substantive progress in the complete denuclearization of and the permanent peace settlement on the peninsula.
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During his June visit to Seoul, the US envoy said his country can meet with the DPRK "anywhere, anytime without preconditions".
Denuclearization talks between the DPRK and the United States have been stalled since the second summit between top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and former US President Donald Trump ended without agreement in February 2019 in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.