Trump To Meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un During Upcoming Asia Visit: Report

Last Updated:October 18, 2025, 20:03 IST

This would be the fourth time that two leaders would likely meet, and the first in Trump’s second term.

US President Donald Trump may meet Kim Jong Un during his Asia visit. (File)

US President Donald Trump is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming Asia visit, CNN reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

As per the report, Trump administration officials are privately discussing a potential meeting between the two leaders. However, there is no confirmation yet on whether the meeting will ultimately take place.

However, officials have not yet done any of the serious logistical planning they would need to do to arrange such a visit, or any direct communications with Pyongyang, the report added.

Trump’s initial outreach to Kim earlier this year also went unanswered as North Korea declined to accept the letter, the report said.

The White House, however, remains far more focused on preparing a meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the trip, though officials have “left the door open" to a meeting with Kim, it added.

In August this year, the US President expressed interest in meeting the North Korean leader after hosting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House for the first time. “I’d like to meet Kim Jong Un this year," Trump had said.

This would be the fourth time that two leaders would likely meet, and the first in Trump’s second term. The two leaders last met in the Korean demilitarised zone in June 2019, and that meeting was arranged less than 48 hours after Trump tweeted an invitation.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s top envoy to the United States said Friday that there is no indication yet that US President and North Korean leader will meet on the occasion of the APEC summit.

Ambassador Kang Kyung-wha made the remarks during a parliamentary audit at the South Korean mission to the UN in New York, amid lingering speculation that Trump could seek reengagement with Kim when he visits South Korea for the APEC Summit.

“President Trump has said he is open to dialogue, and North Korea has also shown an indication (leaning toward dialogue). But there is no sign yet that something will materialize on the occasion of the APEC (summit)," Kang said during the audit session of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee.

Trump will travel to Asia later this month to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Malaysia and an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea.

(With inputs from agencies)

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