North's Kim Hyok-chol in Beijing to fly to Hanoi,... signaling a working-level meeting to be..

北김혁철 경유지 베이징 도착, 북미 의제협의 재개 임박 Seoul's top office had said that working-level meetings between North Korea and the U.S. will start again this week. And we are seeing signs of the working-level officials on the move. Lee Ji-won has more. North Korea's Special Representative for U.S. Affairs, Kim Hyok-chol, is on his way to Hanoi... to continue negotiations with his counterpart ahead of Chairman Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump's summit next week. According to Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency, the working-level official and his delegates arrived in Beijing for a stop-over early Tuesday and were expected to fly to Hanoi later in the day. Yonhap's sources say they expect his U.S. counterpart, Stephen Biegun will leave Washington on Wednesday. That would mean the two working-level officials could meet as early as Friday. This sitdown is expected to be where Kim and Biegun finalize their negotiations on denuclearization and the corresponding measures. Biegun had reportedly said that his meeting with Kim earlier in the month was a chance for both sides to fully disclose what they each want, and that narrowing their differences will start from the next round. The talks will center around what concrete denuclearization steps the North is willing to take, including the verified dismantlement of its Yeongbyeon nuclear facility,... versus what the U.S. will offer in return, such as Pyeongyang's much coveted sanctions relief. But before their meeting, there's speculation that lower-level officials might meet first, with Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Alex Wong expected to arrive in Vietnam on Tuesday. If that's the case, Wong's counterpart is expected to be Park Chol, the Vice Chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee,... who was part of the delegation to Washington last month. But in the mean time, Park is assisting the North's protocol chief Kim Chang-son. They arrived in Hanoi on Saturday, and have since been stopping by places... including the Vietnamese foreign ministry early on Tuesday. It's still unclear whether the two sides have officially started fine-tuning the summit details. But they met in front of the Hanoi Opera House over the weekend, prompting guesses that the leaders might enjoy a special performance together. Lee Ji-won, Arirang News. Arirang News Facebook:   / arirangtvnews   ------------------------------------------------------------ [Subscribe Arirang Official YouTube] ARIRANG TV:    / arirang   ARIRANG RADIO:    / music180arirang   ARIRANG NEWS:    / arirangnews   ARIRANG K-POP:    / arirangworld   ARIRANG ISSUE:    / arirangtoday   ARIRANG CULTURE:    / arirangkorean   ARIRANG FOOD & TRAVEL :    / arirangfoodtravel   ------------------------------------------------------------ [Visit Arirang TV Official Pages] Facebook:   / arirangtv   Twitter:   / arirangworld   Instagram:   / arirangworld   Homepage: http://www.arirang.com ------------------------------------------------------------ [Arirang K-Pop] YouTube:    / arirangworld   Facebook:   / arirangkpop   Google+: http://plus.google.com/+arirangworld