North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has hosted a landmark dinner for South Korean delegates earlier this week, marking the occasion as the first time officials from the south have met the young leader since he took office in 2011.
While partly aimed at restarting diplomatic dialogue between the North and the United States, the landmark meeting will also look into the North's nuclear program and how the two states will manage their relationship in the future.
However, while relations between the north and south have taken a positive turn following last months winter Olympics, according to a statement by US President Donald Trump, North Korea must completely de-nuke before any diplomatic talks can go ahead involving the US.