ROK, DPRK agree to hold summit in Pyongyang in September

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Monday to hold a third summit between ROK President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang in September.

The agreement was reached during the high-level talks between the two sides at the border village of Panmunjom.

The joint statement, adopted after the talks, said the two Koreas agreed to hold the Moon-Kim summit in Pyongyang before the end of September.

The three-sentence statement, however, failed to detail schedule.

Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland who led the delegation from the DPRK, told reporters after the senior-level talks that detailed schedule for the summit was already agreed upon.

Asked about the result of the talks, Ri said the dialogue was done well, according to local joint press corps.

There had been local media speculations that the two Koreas already agreed upon the date and venue for the third Moon-Kim summit as the two sides had working-level contacts before the high-level dialogue.

Moon and Kim met in Panmunjom on April 27 for the first time, agreeing to hold another summit in Pyongyang in the fall. They met again on May 26.

Before the Moon-Kim summit, the inter-Korean summit meetings have ever held only twice in 2000 and 2007 each in the capital city of the DPRK.