| February 5. | - US President
Trump, in his State of the Union address, mentions the
holding of the second North Korea-US summit.
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“Chairman Kim and I will meet again on February 27 and 28 in
Vietnam.” “As part of a bold new diplomacy, we continue our
historic push for peace on the Korean Peninsula.”
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| February 6. |
- The Blue House welcomes the official announcement of the
time and location for the second North Korea-US summit.
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| February 6-8. | - US Special Representative for North
Korea Stephen Biegun holds talks in Pyeongyang for the
second North Korea-US summit.
- Biegun, in a meeting
with the Foreign Minister of North Korea, said, “I don’t
know how this dialogue proceeds in the future, but our
discussions were productive ….I am confident if both sides
stay committed, we can make real progress here.”
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| February 8-9. |
- Hyundai Asan holds the event marking the 20th
anniversary of its founding on Mount Geumgang.
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| February 8. |
- US President Trump announces that the location for the
second North Korea-US summit is Hanoi, Vietnam on his
Twitter account.
- “North Korea, under the leadership
of Kim Jong Un, will become a great economic
powerhouse.” |
| February 9. |
- US Special Representative Stephen
Biegun meets with National Security Office Director Chung
Eui-yong at the Blue House.
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| February 11. | - President
Moon Jae-in, in a meeting with senior presidential aides,
states, “(Regarding the second North Korea-US summit) It
will be a significant turning point that will see more
detailed and tangible progress in complete denuclearization,
a new relationship between North Korea and the U.S., and
peace on the Korean Peninsula, on which the two sides have
already agreed.”
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| February
12-13. | - The promotion committee
to celebrate the new year, a private organization, holds a
meeting to implement the inter-Korean declarations on Mount
Geumgang.
- The committee adopted “an appeal to the 80
million Koreans.” |
| February
15. | - The two Koreas and the
International Olympic Committee discuss the formation of
unified Korean teams for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
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| February 19. | - President
Moon talks on the phone with US President Trump.
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President Moon said, “If President Trump requests, I am
prepared to play the role in inter-Korean matters ranging
from the connection of railways and roads to inter-Korean
cooperation projects.”
- President Trump said, “I
expect that the Hanoi summit will be a big success. I look
forward to meeting President Moon to share the outcome of
the summit.” |
| February
21. | - North Korea notifies the
South that it would be difficult to hold the joint event
marking the 100th anniversary of the March First
Independence Movement through a notice in the name of
Chairman Ri Son Gwon of the Committee for the Peaceful
Reunification of the Country.
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| February 23. | - North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un departs Pyeongyang for the second
North Korea-US summit and an official visit to Vietnam.
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| February 25. | - Regarding the second North Korea-US
summit, President Moon Jae-in, in a meeting with senior
presidential aides, states, “If the summit is successful, we
will start the real beginning of a new era. Standing at the
center of history, not the periphery, we will take the lead
in preparing for a new Korean Peninsula system -- one that
is moving from war and confrontation toward peace and
harmony and from factionalism and ideology toward economic
prosperity.”
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| February 25. |
- The two Koreas exchange data and
materials for railway and road cooperation at the
inter-Korean joint liaison office in Gaeseong.
- The
South delivered the North the report on the joint survey of
the Gyeongui and Donghae railways.
- The North
provided the South with two types of railway data and
materials including a comprehensive material concerning
railways and six types of road data and materials.
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| February 26. | - President Moon Jae-in says at a Cabinet
meeting, “Now, we are able to take the lead in change in the
international order surrounding the Korean Peninsula. I hope
that we open a new era with a sense of pride.”
- With
regard to the excavation of independence fighter Ahn
Jung-geun’s remains, the President stated that “If the two
Koreas or the two Koreas and China work together to recover
Ahn’s remains in earnest, it will be meaningful and have a
high chance of success.” |
| February 26. | - After
arriving in Vietnam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hears a
briefing on the developments of the working-level
negotiations between Pyeongyang and Washington, and visits
the DPRK embassy in Vietnam.
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| February 27-28. | - The
Second North Korea-US Summit is held in Hanoi,
Vietnam.
- Day 1: Holding the summit meeting and
having a dinner.
- Day 2: Holding the summit meeting
and the expanded bilateral meeting.
- US President
Trump said, “The talks were productive It was a very
friendly … walk; North Korea wanted the sanctions lifted in
their entirety, and we couldn’t do that; North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un agreed to dismantle the nuclear facilities in
Yeongbyeon, but the US wanted more; and Kim promised not to
conduct rocket launch or nuclear tests, and I trust him and
I take him at his words.” |
