Article snippet: Thursday night. Chung Eui-yong made the announcement during a brief and hastily arranged statement outside the White House after meeting with Trump and administration officials, saying Trump accepted the meeting in order "to achieve permanent denuclearization." White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump "will accept the invitation to meet with Kim Jong Un at a place and time to be determined." A senior official said the administration was still working on details such as an appropriate place to meet. "We look forward to the denuclearization of North Korea," Sanders said in a statement shortly after the South Korean announcement. "In the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain.” Trump also took to Twitter to emphasize that "sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached" over North Korea's nuclear program, saying that Kim discussed "denuclearization" with South Korean officials and would not test missiles during talks. "Great progress being made but sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. Meeting being planned!" he tweeted. During a background call with reporters, a senior administration official emphasized that the agreed-upon meeting between Trump and Kim stopped short of negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea. “At this point we’re not even talking about negotiations,” the official said. “What we’re talking about is an invitation by the leader of North Korea to meet face-to-face with the presid... Link to the full article to read more