♤ In March 2018, it was announced by the South Korea’s national security director Chung Eui-yong that Kim Jong Un wished to meet US President Donald Trump. The Invitation was accepted by President Trump.

♤ If the meeting takes place it would be the first ever between leaders of the two countries. Pyongyang has long sought a summit with the US to reflect what the regime sees as its status as a regional military power. Bill Clinton came close to agreeing to a meeting with Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, in 2000, but arrangements had not been made by the time he left office in January 2001.