The leaders of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations are set to discuss the possibility of meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in South Korea later this year.
According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency Thursday,... ASEAN leaders will discuss the matter during a summit in Bangkok this weekend.
A source says the leaders have been carefully considering how to extend the invitation to Pyeongyang,... fearing it may "discredit the honor of ASEAN" if Kim turns it down.
South Korea and ASEAN will hold a Commemorative Summit to mark the 30th anniversary of the Korea-ASEAN Dialogue Relations from November 25th to the 26th in the southeastern city of Busan.