Moon initiated the meeting after hearing Trump had withdrawn from the proposed summit with Kim. Trump's decision to withdraw came on Friday after increased tensions over scheduled military exercises, North Korean official referring to US Vice President Mike Pence a "political dummy" and threatened nuclear action. Since then, both  and the White House have issued statements indicating they are willing to have a meeting of some kind regardless. Although the  stated their intent on withdrawing from the summit, North Korea's  reported Friday the two leaders are still scheduled for further "high-level talks". North Korea explosively destroyed buildings and tunnels at the . The North Koreans invited international media observers to the demolitions, who later issued skeptical reports regarding the full extent of the demolition, according to  .
Moon initiated the meeting after hearing Trump had withdrawn from the proposed summit with Kim. Trump's decision to withdraw came on Friday after increased tensions over scheduled military exercises, North Korean official referring to US Vice President Mike Pence a "political dummy" and threatened nuclear action. Since then, both Pyongyang and the White House have issued statements indicating they are willing to have a meeting of some kind regardless. Although the White House stated their intent on withdrawing from the summit, North Korea's state-run news agency reported Friday the two leaders are still scheduled for further "high-level talks". North Korea explosively destroyed buildings and tunnels at the . The North Koreans invited international media observers to the demolitions, who later issued skeptical reports regarding the full extent of the demolition, according to NPR .
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