The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United State s will meet in Seoul in the coming hours to negotiate ways to resume talks over the North Korean nuclear issue.
The Foreign Ministry says South Korea's top nuclear envoy Lee Do-hoon and his U.S. counterpart Joseph Yun will be meeting for the second time since their first get together in Washington in mid-January.
The two envoys are expected to share their views on North K rea's participation at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, developments on dialogue between the two Koreas, and North Korea's upcoming military parade.
Eyes are on what the U.S. envoy will say regarding the possibility of an interaction between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam who will visit the South for the Olympics.
Yun recently said he wants to hold an open dialogue with North Korea that could lead toward denuclearization.