In 2018 , a détente developed . On 27 April , a 2018 inter-Korean summit took place between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Kim on the South Korean side of the Joint Security Area . It was the first time since the Korean War that a North Korean leader had entered South Korean territory . On 12 June 2018 , the first meeting between North Korea 's leader , Kim Jong-un , and US President , Donald Trump , occurred in Singapore . In September , at a summit with Moon in Pyongyang , Kim agreed to dismantle North Korea 's nuclear weapons facilities if the United States took reciprocal action . In February 2019 a summit in Hanoi between Kim and Trump failed to reach an agreement . On 30 June 2019 , Trump , Kim , and Moon briefly met at the Joint Security Area
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