Trump-Kim 2nd summit: US envoy to visit North Korea

US State Department said that the country's special envoy will travel to Pyongyang to prepare for the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un.

According to a statement issued by the State Department, Stephen Biegun, US special representative for the North Korea-related issues, will travel to Pyongyang later on February 6 for meetings with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Hyok Chol, to lay the ground work for President Trump's second meeting with North Korea's top leader.

The travel also aimed to "advance further progress on the commitments the President and Chairman Kim made in Singapore: complete denuclearisation, transforming US-North Korea relations, and building a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula," read the statement.