By Xu Aiying and Yoon Jihye
Photos = Yoon Jihye
Singapore l June 11, 2018

It was suggested that for the upcoming summit between North Korea and the U.S. to be successful, a denuclearization timeline should be included in the agreement.

On June 11, one day before the historic summit, the Korea Press Foundation held a press forum titled “Peace Talks and Korean Peninsula” at the Korea Press Center at the Swissotel The Stamford in Singapore.

Journalists from around the world, including Korea, the U.S., Germany, China and Japan, showed great interest in the summit that will change the situations on the Korean Peninsula.

Seoul·ToKyo Bureau Chief of The Washington Post Anna Fifield led the discussion and the panel included Handong Global University’s Kim Joonhyung, research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policies Studies Kim Jiyoon, associate professor at Yonsei University John Delury and associate research fellow at Nanyang Technological University Shawn Ho.



Professor Kim Joonhyung stated that, “There should be two essence substance if we call it success. Number one is timeline. And another one is somehow they have to reach an agreement on CVID.”

Research fellow Kim Jiyoon stressed that, “The success of the summit depends on detail.” She added that, “Taking a picture between the two leaders can't bring a positive assessment of the summit. I’m cautiously positive of the results of the summit and successive summits will require a promise on specific agreements and times.”

The specialists said that it is inappropriate to impatiently assess the summit. Professor John Delury pointed out that, “It would be great if CVID will be on the agreement, but relationship transformation and the possibility of actually fulfilling it is important. They will be the parameters to decide the success of the summit.”

xuaiy@korea.kr