In a major announcement March 8, South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui Yong said that U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un as early as May. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the president would meet with Kim at a place and time to be determined, adding that the United States looks forward to a denuclearized North Korea. This sudden announcement follows a landmark meeting between South Korean officials and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier in the week -- the culmination of months of inter-Korean detente. In the message carried by the South Korean delegation, Kim extended a commitment to denuclearization, said North Korea will refrain from further nuclear or missile tests and offered a conciliatory outreach by noting that he understands routine U.S.-South Korea exercises must continue. The latest development built on the momentum...
