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South Korea suspends JSA tours amid speculation about Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting

US president set to visit ROK from Oct. 29-30 after expressing interesting in meeting North Korean leader this year

South Korea has suspended tours of the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom ahead of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit, amid speculation that he could meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Seoul’s unification ministry said on Monday that it will not conduct any special tours of the Joint Security Area (JSA) “from late October to early November,” a move that appears aimed at clearing the schedule for a potential second Panmunjom meeting between the two leaders.

The special tours are part of a limited reopeningof the JSA for what the ministry