VIDEO What can we expect from the North-US Summit?

Two Korea Times columnists ― Emanuel Pastreich and Stephen Costello ― feel “cautiously” optimistic about the upcoming U.S. and North Korea summit after the success of the inter-Korean summit. ― ED.

The big question today after the successful Inter-Korean summit is what sort of a summit will be held between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in May or June.

The success of the Inter-Korean summit vastly increases the probability that such a summit will occur, but because such an event is unprecedented, and there are tremendous domestic political conflicts in Washington, D.C., the road forward may not be smooth.