G20 Osaka Summit: Trump to visit South Korea after G20

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US President Donald Trump will head to Seoul after the G20 Summit to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. A recent exchange of letters between Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un has raised expectations that denuclearization negotiations could soon restart. CGTN's Jack Barton has this report from Seoul.

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in head to Seoul straight from the G20 for their first formal summit since April.

KIM YEON-CHUL SOUTH KOREA'S UNIFICATION MINISTER "I think the most important thing we have to do at this point is to ensure the U.S. and the D.P.R.K. can resume their dialogue."

That means restarting low-level talks that could lead to a third Trump Kim summit.

PROFESSOR KIM HYUN-WOOK KOREA NATIONAL DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY "The two leaders can talk about the resumption of the U.S. North Korea working level talks. If that is not possible Trump will be solid and stick to the previous position, there will be, you know, the U.S. is open for talks but sanctions will be the same."

JACK BARTON SEOUL "The Trump and Kim's last summit in Hanoi ended without a deal after Trump refused Kim's offer of closing down D.P.R.K.'s main nuclear processing facility at Yongbyon in return for a lifting of sanctions."

If a bigger offer is not on the table, many analysts believe Trump will use his visit to instead talk about trade and troop cost sharing.

WOO JUNG-YEOP DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY STRATEGY STUDIES, SEJONG INSTITUTE "Trump kept reiterating that he is in not in a rush and he is going to wait and I think that is the U.S. position regarding North Korea."

After talks with President Moon on Sunday Trump is expected to visit the demilitarized zone, after bad weather foiled his last attempt two years ago.