FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. Their relationship hit the rocks after the 2019 summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, which fell apart over what concessions Pyongyang was willing to make over its nuclear programme. - Reuters
SEOUL: A meeting between North Korea and the United States on the sidelines of this year's APEC summit in South Korea "cannot be ruled out", according to a Seoul foreign ministry official.
Ties between Pyongyang and Washington have been in the deep freeze since a high-profile summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump in 2019 collapsed over sanctions relief and Pyongyang's nuclear concessions.
