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Article snippet: The Trump administration is scrambling to save a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un less than a week after MORE canceled the meeting. Since Trump’s Thursday letter calling off the sit-down, there’s been a flurry of diplomatic activity, including U.S. teams going to Singapore and the Korean Peninsula and a top North Korean official traveling to New York. On Tuesday, Trump said North Korea had a “solid response” to his letter, the latest sign the summit may be back on. “It’s far harder to keep up with and predict Korean developments. We’re in uncharted water,” said Bruce Klingner, a former CIA division chief for Korea who is now at the conservative Heritage Foundation. “I think it’s going to happen. Whether they do it by the 12th or not, Trump seems eager to have it back on track.” The historic summit with Kim appeared dead last week after Trump responded to a series of escalating North Korean threats by personally dictating a letter to Kim that said the summit planned for June 12 in Singapore “will not take place.” The cancellation had Korea-watchers questioning whether even back channel negotiations would be possible at this point. By the next day, though, Trump was saying the summit could still take place as originally scheduled after North Korea responded to his letter with a “warm and productive” statement. In a traditional administration, June 12 would be too quick a turnaround for the summit after last week’s developments, experts said. Modern-day... Link to the full article to read more