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Moon arrives in North Korea for talks with Kim
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong A embrace the opening of negotiations in Pyongyang; Greg Palkot reports on the agenda of the third summit between leaders.
South Korean President Kim Jong Un will be traveling to Seoul, South Korea, "President Moon-Jae said Thursday.
Moon revealed the news during a speech on the economy pronounced in front of Parliament. He did not specify any other details.
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The two Korean leaders announced in September that Kim had accepted Moon's invitation to travel to Seoul, but it was unclear when.
Kim said that he had promised Moon to go to the capital "in a short time". Moon then stated that Kim had agreed to travel to Seoul in the year, unless "exceptional circumstances".
If Kim actually surrendered, he would be the first North Korean leader to visit the South Korean capital since the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with a ceasefire.
Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, became the first member of the ruling Kim family to travel to Seoul in February, when she attended the Winter Olympics in South Korea as Special envoy and expressed Kim's desire to organize a summit with Moon.
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Moon also announced Thursday that a second summit between North Korea and the United States was "at hand", adding that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit North Korea and that Kim should surrender soon in Russia.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
