<Tr> <Th> Participants </Th> <Td> Donald Trump Kim Jong - un </Td> </Tr> <P> The North Korea--United States summit is a planned future meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States set to take place on June 12, 2018 in Singapore . </P> <P> The White House confirmed the planned meeting between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong - un on 8 March 2018 . This would be the first time a sitting U.S. President will have met the leader of North Korea since the Korean War . Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that "in the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain ." Kim referenced preparations for the meeting in remarks to the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea on April 9 . </P> <P> Korea has been divided since 1945 . The Korean War of 1950 - 1953 ended with a ceasefire . A sporadic conflict has continued, with American troops remaining in the South . Since the 1990s, international concern has grown about North Korea's nuclear weapons program . </P>

North korea to meet for talks with u.s. south korean delegations in helsinki