According to the Yonhap news agency Suh and Chung will be officially announced as delegates for the talks with Pyongyang later on Sunday by the South Korean presidential office.

 

Suh is known for organization of two inter-Korean summits in 2000 and in 2007 while Chung played a key role in maintaining close coordination with US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster.

 

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated in 2017 after North Korea conducted several ballistic missile launches and a nuclear test in violation of UN resolutions.

 

The situation significantly de-escalated before the Winter Olympics that were held in South Korea’s Pyeongchang with North Korean athletes having been allowed to perform in the games.

 

Source: Yonhap