Triple bid for summit

A TOP lieutenant of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is in the US conducting one of three sets of parallel talks aimed at salvaging a summit between Mr Kim and US President Donald Trump.

Kim Yong Chol is meeting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in New York to finalise plans for the summit, while lower-level officials have been meeting at the inter-Korean border and in Singapore.

Kim Yong Chol, 72, is the most senior North Korean official to visit the US since 2000.