As North Korea strongly opposes the joint military exercises that the United States and South Korea have been conducting since the middle of this month, the US government has announced that a senior government official in charge of North Korea will visit South Korea from the 21st.
The US State Department announced on the 20th that Special Representative of the Secretary of State for North Korea, Sung Kim, will visit Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the 21st to the 24th of this month.
During his visit, Kim will meet with South Korea's No Gyu-duk, the head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiations Headquarters, and exchange opinions on the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
The United States and South Korea have been conducting joint military exercises on the Korean Peninsula since the 16th of this month, and North Korea is strongly opposed.
The South Korean media has pointed out that North Korea may take some countermeasures in conjunction with the exercise, and it is expected that future measures will be discussed at this meeting.
Kim visited South Korea in June, and the U.S. Department of State said about this visit, "The United States and South Korea continue to work on the North Korean issue toward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the realization of permanent peace. It shows that we will work closely together. "