North Korea and the US are starting the preparation for the June 12 summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.
On the North Korean side, Kim Jong-un’s “butler” Kim Chang-son, de factor chief of staff, flew to Singapore via Beijing overnight. Separately, a form spy chief Kim Yong-chol is flying to Washington.
On the US side, White House deputy chief of staff for operations Joe Hagin flew to Singapore from Japan with a team of other officials.
Separately, Trump talked with Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe on phone yesterday. And the White House said Trim and Abe “affirmed the shared imperative of achieving the complete and permanent dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and ballistic missile programs.” And they would meet before the Kim-Trump summit.
