--- description: President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un for talks. Here's the full statement title: Read the Statement Announcing Trump Will Meet Kim Jong Un image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fe45d9d0795c8bc/69892a428fd2eecaee35af44/gettyimages-929429530.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Korean Peninsula](/tag/korean-peninsula/) ## Korean Peninsula Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the Full Statement Announcing President Trump Will Meet With Kim Jong Un by [Joseph Hincks](/author/joseph-hincks/) ## Joseph Hincks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 9, 2018 2:53 AM CUT  South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong flanked by South Korea National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon (L) and South Korea's ambassador to the United States Cho Yoon-je (R), outside the West Wing of the White House on March 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong flanked by South Korea National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon (L) and South Korea's ambassador to the United States Cho Yoon-je (R), outside the West Wing of the White House on March 8, 2018 in Washington, DC.Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images by [Joseph Hincks](/author/joseph-hincks/) ## Joseph Hincks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 9, 2018 2:53 AM CUT U.S. President Donald Trump has [accepted](http://time.com/5192447/south-korea-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-and-president-trump-to-meet-by-may/?xid=homepage "undefined") an invitation to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un [for talks](http://time.com/5189072/north-korea-donald-trump-credit/ "undefined") “by May,” South Korea’s national security adviser Chung Eui-Yong said in a statement Thursday evening. In remarks issued after he delivered Pyongyang’s invitation to the White House, Chung said that the North Korean leader is “committed to denuclearization” and has pledged to refrain from further nuclear or missile tests. Chung also said that Kim accepts the continuation of joint-U.S.-South Korea military exercises, which Pyongyang has traditionally regarded as rehearsals for invasion. Read Chung’s full statement below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5192550/kim-jong-un-donald-trump-full-statement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5192550/kim-jong-un-donald-trump-full-statement/"},"headline":"Read the Full Statement Announcing President Trump Will Meet With Kim Jong Un","datePublished":"2018-03-09T02:53:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:35:27.876Z","description":"The statement says the North Korean leader is \"committed to denuclearization\"","url":"https://time.com/5192550/kim-jong-un-donald-trump-full-statement/","keywords":["Korean Peninsula","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fe45d9d0795c8bc/69892a428fd2eecaee35af44/gettyimages-929429530.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph Hincks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-hincks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8fe45d9d0795c8bc/69892a428fd2eecaee35af44/gettyimages-929429530.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-NKOREA-SKOREA-NUCLEAR","caption":"US-NKOREA-SKOREA-NUCLEAR","creditText":"Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/korean-peninsula/","name":"Korean Peninsula"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5192550/kim-jong-un-donald-trump-full-statement/","name":"Read the Full Statement Announcing President Trump Will Meet With Kim Jong Un"}}]}] ```